Position of the American Dietetic Association

Ayoob, Keith-Thomas; Duyff, Roberta Larson; Quagliani, Diane

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(02)90062-3

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“…17 Widespread misinformation has influenced consumers’ knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and intentions including vaccination in the UK, Ireland, and the United States, 18,19 as well as food and nutrition misinformation. 20 …”

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Interventions to Correct Misinformation about Tobacco Products

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In 2006, the U.S. District Court held that tobacco companies had “falsely and fraudulently” denied: tobacco causes lung cancer; environmental smoke endangers children’s respiratory systems; nicotine is highly addictive; low tar cigarettes were less harmful when they were not; they marketed to children; they manipulated nicotine delivery to enhance addiction; and they concealed and destroyed evidence to prevent accurate public knowledge. The courts required the tobacco companies to repair this misinformation. Several studies evaluated types of corrective statements (CS). We argue that most CS proposed (“simple CS’s”) will fall prey to “belief echoes” leaving affective remnants of the misinformation untouched while correcting underlying knowledge. Alternative forms for CS (“enhanced CS’s”) are proposed that include narrative forms, causal linkage, and emotional links to the receiver.

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Interventions to Correct Misinformation about Tobacco Products

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“…Thus, we found a decrease in mean weight, BMI, waist circumference, systolic BP and PAI-1. The dietary pattern showed several favourable features, that is, a more favourable fat composition, higher intake of some antioxidants, vitamin C and E, and increased potassium/sodium ratio, which is favourable as prevention of hypertension (Ayoob et al, 2002;Suter et al, 2002). A negative effect is the decreased intake of calcium, which could be a risk factor for osteoporosis later on in life (Villareal et al, 2006).…”

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Effects of a short-term intervention with a paleolithic diet in healthy volunteers

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Objectives: Prevention of cardiovascular diseases by paleolithic or hunterer-gatherer diets has been discussed during recent years. Methods: Our aim was to assess the effect of a paleolithic diet in a pilot study on healthy volunteers during 3 weeks. The intention was to include 20 subjects, of whom 14 fulfilled the study. Complete dietary assessment was available for six subjects. Results: Mean weight decreased by 2.3 kg (Po0.001), body mass index by 0.8 (Po0.001), waist circumference by 0.5 cm (P ¼ 0.001), systolic blood pressure by 3 mm Hg (P ¼ 0.03) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by 72% (P ¼ 0.020). Regarding nutrient intake, intake of energy decreased by 36%, and other effects were also observed, both favourable (fat composition, antioxidants, potassium-sodium rate) and unfavourable (calcium). Conclusion: This short-term intervention showed some favourable effects by the diet, but further studies, including control group, are needed.

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“…Our find ings are consistent with studies that have found that cancer patients and their relatives generally seek infor mation from acquaintances, television (25,26), newspa pers, and magazines (27), and that patients actively seek information (ie, seeking health information from medical books, telephone helplines, or the Internet) only to a limited degree (27). Of concern is the fact that media reports, particularly those presented in popular maga zines or as brief news items, rarely provide enough infor mation for readers to fully understand the issues pre sented (28). Thus, health professionals should take an active role in communicating and clarifying such infor mation to patients, consumers, and public information/ media channels.…”

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Correlates of Soy Food Consumption in Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer

Fang¹,

Tseng²,

Daly³

2005

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

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ObjectivesThe objectives of the present study were to examine sociodemographic correlates of soy food con sumption among women at increased risk of breast can cer, describe factors influencing soy food consumption or nonconsumption, and identify women's sources of infor mation about soy foods. Design A cross-sectional, self-report survey was used to assess frequency of and factors influencing soy food con sumption. Soy food intake was reported for the past year. Subjects/setting Participants were 452 women with family histories of breast cancer who were enrolled in a cancer risk assessment program. Statistical analyses performed Comparisons between con sumers and nonconsumers of soy foods were performed using multivariate logistic regression and � 2 analyses. Results Thirty-two percent reported soy food consumption. Commonly consumed soy foods were vegetable burgers, tofu, and soymilk. Consumers of soy foods were more likely to have higher levels of education and report eating five or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables. The primary reason for consumption of soy foods was eating a healthful diet, whereas insufficient knowledge about soy food preparation was the primary reason stated for noncon sumption. Both consumers and nonconsumers reported ob taining information about soy foods from magazines, friends, and newspapers. Consumers also indicated using the Internet to seek information. Conclusions These findings contribute to our understand ing of the level of soy intake among women at increased risk for breast cancer and highlight potential factors that may influence women's decisions regarding soy food con sumption. Women, particularly in this vulnerable popu lation, would benefit from clear messages regarding the health effects of soy. C. Y. Fang is an associate member, M. Tseng is an asso The promise of health benefits from soy has contributed to the recent increase in the availability of soy-contain ing foods (1,2). Since 1995, sales of soy-based products have increased 20% per year, with a large boost in 1999 when the US Food and Drug Administration approved a health claim for soy's cardiovascular benefits (3). Largescale dietary trends toward vegetarianism and ready-to-eat meals are also driving an increase in the consumption of soy-based meat alternatives (4,5). As a result, soy foods are moving rapidly from a niche market to mainstream accep tance.Given recent studies reporting an inverse relationship between soy intake and breast cancer risk (6-8), awareness and use of soy foods may be particularly high among women at increased risk for breast cancer. Likewise, beliefs about the benefits of soy in reducing menopausal symptoms may motivate women at risk for breast cancer who are peri menopausal or postmenopausal to try alternatives to estro gen to treat menopausal symptoms (9). However, despite the widespread promotion of soy and evidence of its health benefits with respect to heart disease risk, its effects on breast health, especially in non-Asian women, are un known. Indeed, studie...

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Position of the American Dietetic Association

Cited by 72 publications

References 10 publications

Interventions to Correct Misinformation about Tobacco Products

Interventions to Correct Misinformation about Tobacco Products

Effects of a short-term intervention with a paleolithic diet in healthy volunteers

Correlates of Soy Food Consumption in Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer

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