Survey of Sugar Intake among Children in Scotland, 2006

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Survey of Sugar Intake among Children in Scotland, 2006 was commissioned by the Food Standards Agency Scotland in 2005 to provide robust information on the diet of Scottish children, with a particular focus on the intake of non-milk extrinsic sugars (NMES) and sugar-containing foods. It was also designed to track progress towards the Scottish Dietary Target which stipulates less than 10 per cent of the total calories consumed should be NMES which are sugars added to food and drink, table sugar and those present in fruit juices. The principal aim of the survey was to estimate intake of NMES and other macronutrients and foods in a nationally representative sample of Scottish children aged three to sixteen years old. Further information about the survey can be found on the Food Standards Agency project web page.Main Topics:The key elements of the study are:a self-completion of food frequency questionnairea face-to-face interview covering socio-demographic factors, lifestyle, physical activity and dental healthtaking physical measurements of the child (height and weight) </ul

Survey of Sugar Intake among Children in Scotland, 2006

<p>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</p>The <i>Survey of Sugar Intake among Children in Scotland, 2006</i> was commissioned by the Food Standards Agency Scotland in 2005 to provide robust information on the diet of Scottish children, with a particular focus on the intake of non-milk extrinsic sugars (NMES) and sugar-containing foods. It was also designed to track progress towards the Scottish Dietary Target which stipulates less than 10 per cent of the total calories consumed should be NMES which are sugars added to food and drink, table sugar and those present in fruit juices. The principal aim of the survey was to estimate intake of NMES and other macronutrients and foods in a nationally representative sample of Scottish children aged three to sixteen years old.<br> <br> Further information about the survey can be found on the <a href="http://www.food.gov.uk/science/research/devolvedadmins/scotlandresearch/scotlandresearch/ScotlandProjectList/s14039/" title="Survey of Sugar Intake among Children in Scotland, 2006">Food Standards Agency</a> project web page.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<br>The key elements of the study are:<ul><li>a self-completion of food frequency questionnaire</li><li>a face-to-face interview covering socio-demographic factors, lifestyle, physical activity and dental health</li><li>taking physical measurements of the child (height and weight) </li></ul

Biochemical markers of bone metabolism in growing thoroughbreds: a longitudinal study

Repetitive processes are characterized by a~series of sweeps, termed passes, through a set of dynamics defined over a finite duration known as the pass length. On each pass an output, termed the pass profile, is produced which acts as a forcing function on, and hence contributes to, the dynamics of the next pass profile. This can lead to oscillations which increase in amplitude in the pass to pass direction and cannot be controlled by standard control laws. Here we give new results on the design of physically based control laws for the sub-class of so-called discrete linear repetitive processes which arise in applications areas such as iterative learning control. The main contribution is to show how control law design can be undertaken within the framework of a general robust filtering problem with guaranteed levels of performance. In particular, we develop algorithms for the design of an and l 2–l 8 dynamic output feedback controller and filter which guarantees that the resulting controlled (filtering error) process, respectively, is stable along the pass and has prescribed disturbance attenuation performance as measured by and l 2–l 8 norms