Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Sep 2001
Stability in consumption of fruit, vegetables, and sugary foods in a cohort from age 14 to age 21.
Eating behavior is an etiologic factor in the development of lifestyle-related diseases. Knowledge about the stability of eating behavior during the transition from adolescence to early adulthood has implication for dietary interventions for children and young adolescents. ⋯ Despite the overall changes in mean weekly frequency of consumption and prevalence of daily consumers, relative ranking by frequency at age 14 indicated some stability of eating behavior into young adulthood.
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Preventive medicine · Sep 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialImpact of skin cancer prevention on outdoor aquatics staff: the Pool Cool program in Hawaii and Massachusetts.
Aquatic staff, including lifeguards, are exposed to intense sunlight for many hours each day and are likely to be at a relatively high risk for developing skin cancer. However, no interventions have been specifically directed to staff at outdoor swimming pool sites. ⋯ The Pool Cool sun protection intervention had significant effects on lifeguards' sunburn rates and pool sun safety policies but did not improve reported sun protection behaviors. More intensive strategies may be needed to influence aquatics workers who have already begun to adopt skin cancer prevention practices.