Affiliations: At Immunohaemathology Unit Via del Vespro 129 90127 Palermo - Italy. sonya.vasto@unipa.it. Abstract: The Mediterranean diet (Mediet) is an eating pattern characterizing a lifestyle and culture that has been reported to contribute to [...]

Affiliations: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy. garimoldi@marionegri.it Abstract: Most epidemiological data suggest a protective role for fruits and vegetables in the prevention of several common [...]

Affiliations: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy. gallus@marionegri.it Abstract: Various aspects of the Mediterranean diet are considered favourable with regard to cancer risk. These aspects were analysed using data from [...]

Affiliations: Istituto di Richerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy. lavecchia@marionegri.it Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To analyse the role of various aspects of the Mediterranean diet in several common epithelial cancers, including digestive [...]

Affiliations: Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, Thrombosis Centre, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, Florence, Italy. francescosofi@gmail.com Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate dietary habits and lifestyle of Italian [...]

Affiliations: National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy. azzini@inran.it Abstract: BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the overall diet quality effects, mainly on antioxidant [...]

Affiliations: Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology, Research Laboratories, John Paul II Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, [...]

Affiliations: Nutrition Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinological and Metabolic Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy.   Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine the trend of food and nutrient intake from 1960 to 1991 of the [...]

Affiliations: Istituto di Scienza dell'Alimentazione, Università degli Studi, Perugia, Italy.   Abstract: In 1965 a dietary survey with use of the dietary history method was carried out among 1536 middle-aged men from two rural [...]

  Affiliations: Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del CNR, Pisa. Abstract: Atherosclerosis, the main cause of ischemic heart disease, is a process with relevant inflammatory components, in which LDL-cholesterol, largely emphasized in the [...]

Affiliations: Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. Abstract: Colorectal cancer is among the commonest cancers worldwide. Dietary factors have been linked to colorectal cancer risk, however, [...]

Affiliations: Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension Unit, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy. Abstract: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of metabolic alteration associated with a higher risk of [...]

Affiliations: Human Nutrition Unit, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Scientific Institute S. Lucia, Italy. delorenzo@uniroma2.it Abstract: A large number of studies have been published on very-low calorie diets and markedly hypocaloric dietary [...]

Affiliations: Human Nutrition Unit, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. delorenzo@uniroma2.it   Abstract: BACKGROUND: A follow-up analysis of cohorts surveyed in the "Seven Countries Study" has provided increasing evidence of [...]

Affiliations: Nutrition Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy. nutsegr@unipt.it   Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess, particularly in longitudinal studies, how close or far the food intakes of population groups are [...]