Open AccessA work-site nutrition intervention: its effects on the consumption of cancer-related nutrients.
Author(s) -
James R. Hébert,
D.R. Harris,
Glorian Sorensen,
Anne M. Stoddard,
Mary Kay Hunt,
Diane H. Morris
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.3.391
Subject(s) - nutrient , calorie , medicine , intervention (counseling) , environmental health , polyunsaturated fatty acid , vitamin , physiology , vitamin e , food science , fatty acid , biology , endocrinology , biochemistry , antioxidant , ecology , psychiatry
In a work-site nutrition intervention targeting fat and fiber, we examined the intervention's effect on specific nutrients implicated in carcinogenesis, including trace metals, vitamins, and categories of fatty acids. The rationale was based on the association observed in a variety of epidemiologic studies between these nutrients and epithelial cancers.