September 23/Biotech Law Weekly -- In a report published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers in the U.S. conducted a study "to examine sex differences and longitudinal changes in ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal and breakfast consumption in the Dietary Intervention Study in Children, and the relationship between RTE cereal intake with nutrient intake, blood lipids, and body mass index (BMI). Secondary analyses based on data from Dietary Intervention Study in Children, a randomized, controlled, multicenter, clinical trial with five sets of three 24-hour recalls."
Children (n=660) from six clinics were aged 8 to 10 years at study entry. They had serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels between the 80th and 98th percentiles for age and were followed for a mean of 7.5 years. Children were randomized to a total fat- and saturated fat-modified dietary intervention or usual care.