Margaret Ashwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5503232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Ashwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashwell |
| SIGNATURE | ASHWELL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ashwell Museum |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6161-600X |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dietary patterns among British adults
Objective To examine dietary patterns among British adults, associations with Na and macronutrient intakes, and implications for dietary advice. Design Principal component analysis of 7 d weighed dietary records. Subjects Adults aged 19–64 years ( n 1724). Setting National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2000/2001). Results High Na intake was associated with more energy-dense diets, higher in fat and SFA (percentage of energy) but lower in non-milk ex…
A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
This systematic review collated seventy-eight studies exploring waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist circumference (WC) or BMI as predictors of diabetes and CVD, published in English between 1950 and 2008. Twenty-two prospective analyses showed that WHtR and WC were significant predictors of these cardiometabolic outcomes more often than BMI, with similar OR, sometimes being significant predictors after adjustment for BMI. Observations from cro…
A study of central fatness using waist-to-height ratios in UK children and adolescents over two decades supports the simple message – ‘keep your waist circumference to less than half your height’
National Diet and Nutrition Surveys
Objective The National Diet and Nutrition Surveys (NDNS) are a series of government-funded surveys of food intake, nutrient intake and nutritional status of individuals, undertaken to support nutritional policy and risk assessment. This paper summarises a review that considered the extent to which NDNS met the needs of users and suggested options for the future. The Food Standards Agency has since progressed favoured options. This paper aims to h…
Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity
We suggest that a simple, rapid screening tool-the waist-to-height ratio (WHTR)-could help to overcome debates about the use of different body mass index (BMI) boundary values for assessing health risks in different populations. There are six reasons for our proposal: WHTR is more sensitive than BMI as an early warning of health risks. WHTR is cheaper and easier to measure and calculate than BMI. A boundary value of WHTR = 0.5 indicates increased…
The association between red and processed meat consumption and iron intakes and status among British adults
Objective: To examine the association between consumption of red and processed meat (RPM) and iron intakes and status in adults. Design: Further analysis of the Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults, a cross-sectional study of 2197 adults aged 16–64 years carried out in 1986/7. Subjects and methods: Adults (836 men and 838 women) with serum ferritin measurements, who were not taking iron supplements, were classified into four groups ac…
Functional foods
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Attitude of the individual to his own body weight
A random height and weight survey in a London Borough showed that overweight people were most accurate in the assessment of their weight and underweight people were the least accurate. Overweight women were more aware of their size than overweight men. Overweight women had made more attempts to lose weight than overweight men. There were no significant differences between overweight women of different age or class groups. Men in social classes A …
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Attitude of the individual to his own body weight
A random height and weight survey in a London Borough showed that overweight people were most accurate in the assessment of their weight and underweight people were the least accurate. Overweight women were more aware of their size than overweight men. Overweight women had made more attempts to lose weight than overweight men. There were no significant differences between overweight women of different age or class groups. Men in social classes A …
Functional foods
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button
The association between red and processed meat consumption and iron intakes and status among British adults
Objective: To examine the association between consumption of red and processed meat (RPM) and iron intakes and status in adults. Design: Further analysis of the Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults, a cross-sectional study of 2197 adults aged 16–64 years carried out in 1986/7. Subjects and methods: Adults (836 men and 838 women) with serum ferritin measurements, who were not taking iron supplements, were classified into four groups ac…
Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity
We suggest that a simple, rapid screening tool-the waist-to-height ratio (WHTR)-could help to overcome debates about the use of different body mass index (BMI) boundary values for assessing health risks in different populations. There are six reasons for our proposal: WHTR is more sensitive than BMI as an early warning of health risks. WHTR is cheaper and easier to measure and calculate than BMI. A boundary value of WHTR = 0.5 indicates increased…
A study of central fatness using waist-to-height ratios in UK children and adolescents over two decades supports the simple message – ‘keep your waist circumference to less than half your height’
National Diet and Nutrition Surveys
Objective The National Diet and Nutrition Surveys (NDNS) are a series of government-funded surveys of food intake, nutrient intake and nutritional status of individuals, undertaken to support nutritional policy and risk assessment. This paper summarises a review that considered the extent to which NDNS met the needs of users and suggested options for the future. The Food Standards Agency has since progressed favoured options. This paper aims to h…
A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
This systematic review collated seventy-eight studies exploring waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist circumference (WC) or BMI as predictors of diabetes and CVD, published in English between 1950 and 2008. Twenty-two prospective analyses showed that WHtR and WC were significant predictors of these cardiometabolic outcomes more often than BMI, with similar OR, sometimes being significant predictors after adjustment for BMI. Observations from cro…
Dietary patterns among British adults
Objective To examine dietary patterns among British adults, associations with Na and macronutrient intakes, and implications for dietary advice. Design Principal component analysis of 7 d weighed dietary records. Subjects Adults aged 19–64 years ( n 1724). Setting National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2000/2001). Results High Na intake was associated with more energy-dense diets, higher in fat and SFA (percentage of energy) but lower in non-milk ex…
Medicine (6 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Body mass index (2 works) · Endocrinology (2 works) · Food Science (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works)