Association between functional foods and cardiometabolic health in a real-life setting: a longitudinal observational study using objective diet records from an electronic purchase system

Autor: Yoshiro Shirai, Masae Sakuma, Yuji Nagasaka, Naoki Takeda, Kunio Matsui, Mieko Nakamura
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Foodfunction. 13(4)
ISSN: 2042-650X
Popis: The effects of the regular consumption of soy, barley, and green tea in a real-life setting are unclear. This longitudinal observational study showed the associations of their intake with cardiometabolic health when employees freely selected these foods in the workplace cafeteria of an industrial company in Japan. The consumption was objectively assessed by an electronic purchase system using integrated circuit chip-equipped tableware and personal identification cards. The associations between the cumulative number of servings of each food during the 12 weeks prior to a health examination and changes in cardiometabolic measurements were examined among Japanese male workers (
Databáze: OpenAIRE