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Analyses of the anthropometric data from the North/South Ireland Food Consumption SurveyS N McCarthy
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Public Health Nutr 4:1099-106. 2001..To obtain measured anthropometric data for weight, height and other parameters not previously measured in the Irish population such as waist and hip circumferences and body composition...
Overweight, obesity and physical activity levels in Irish adults: evidence from the North/South Ireland food consumption surveyS N McCarthy
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James s Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Proc Nutr Soc 61:3-7. 2002..Higher levels of activity were associated with a lower BMI and waist circumference. The results indicate the need for sensitive and individualised strategies to promote physical activity and to achieve a healthy weight status...
Associations between daily food intake and excess adiposity in Irish adults: towards the development of food-based dietary guidelines for reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesityS N McCarthy
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:993-1002. 2006..No food-based, dietary guidelines exist in Ireland for a reduction in the prevalence of body fat or obesity...
An examination of the influence of eating location on the diets of Irish childrenS J Burke
Human Nutrition Unit, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland
Public Health Nutr 10:599-607. 2007....
Analysis of the temporal intake of cereal and dairy products in Irish adults: implications for developing food-based dietary guidelinesS J Burke
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James s Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
Public Health Nutr 8:238-48. 2005..To analyse the temporal distribution of the intake of cereal and dairy products in the Republic of Ireland...
The influence of eating location on nutrient intakes in Irish adults: implications for developing food-based dietary guidelinesM J Gibney
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
Public Health Nutr 8:258-65. 2005..05) at home than at work or out. CONCLUSION: Foods eaten outside the home contribute a disproportionately high level of fat intake and should be targeted in public health nutrition strategies...
The temporal pattern of the contribution of fat to energy and of food groups to fat at various eating locations: implications for developing food-based dietary guidelinesS N McCarthy
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
Public Health Nutr 8:249-57. 2005..A number of food groups have been identified that contributed most to fat intake outside the home and these might be targeted in developing public health nutrition strategies to reduce fat intake...
Relationship between attitudes towards healthy eating and dietary behaviour, lifestyle and demographic factors in a representative sample of Irish adultsA P Hearty
Nutrition Unit, Division of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Trinity College School of Medicine, St James s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Appetite 48:1-11. 2007..Future research is warranted to devise appropriate methods of instituting attitude change towards dietary behaviour in certain subgroups of the population...
The influence of cereal and dairy consumption on the Irish diet: implications for developing food-based dietary guidelinesS J Burke
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James s Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
Public Health Nutr 8:227-37. 2005..To estimate the intakes of cereal and dairy products and their contribution to nutrient intakes in men and women from the Republic of Ireland with a view to formulating food-based dietary guidelines...
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Irish school children, using four different definitionsS N McCarthy
School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, College of Life Sciences, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Eur J Clin Nutr 61:743-51. 2007..To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Irish children using four different weight-for-height methods and to examine secular trends from previous national data...
