"Cutting Down on Sugar" by Non-Dieting Young Women: An Impact on Diet Quality on Weekdays and the Weekend.

ABSTRACT: Restricted sugar intake is an important part of a healthy lifestyle and may contribute to the prevention of diet-related diseases. The aim of the study was to investigate whether declared sugar restriction is reflected in actual sucrose intake and diet quality of young non-dieting women, with differentiation between the weekend and weekdays. A convenient sample of 192 non-dieting women aged 20⁻30 years old was recruited. The sample was divided into two groups based on each woman's declaration: "restricting sugar" (RS, n = 76) and "not restricting sugar" (nRS, n = 116). Comparisons between groups were made separately for seven days of the week, five weekdays and two weekend days without and with an adjustment for 2000 kcal of energy. Relative differences (RD, in %) in mean diet nutritional

SUBMITTER: Czlapka-Matyasik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6213198 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature