WAPA - The World Apple and Pear Association

Research studies

This ‘Nutrition & Health’ research studies database aims at keeping you up-to-date with the most important studies in this area, published around the world. To find the information you look for you can use either the search engine below to look for specific words or the provided key words on the right.

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Criteria: diet

Systematic Review of Pears and Health
(2017)

Fresh Pear Consumption is Associated with Better Nutrient Intake, Diet Quality, and Weight Parameters in Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2010
(2017)

Reducing US cardiovascular disease burden and disparities through national and targeted dietary policies: A modelling study
(2017)

Consumption of various forms of apples is associated with a better nutrient intake and improved nutrient adequacy in diets of children
(2016)

Assessing non-digestible compounds in apple cultivars and their potential as modulators of obese faecal microbiota in vitro
(2014)

Does an apple a day keep the oncologist away?
(2012)

Dietary catechins and epithelial cancer incidence
(2012)

Free fruit at workplace intervention increases total fruit intake: a validation study using 24hr dietary recall and urinary flavonoid excretion
(2010)

A low-energy-dense diet adding fruit reduces weight and energy intake in women
(2008)

Dietary fiber and reduced cough with phlegm. A cohort study in Singapore
(2004)

The health benefits of apples and pears, prepared for the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA)
(2003)

Food and nutrient intakes and asthma risk in young adults
(2003)

Weight loss associated with a daily intake of three apples or three pears among overweight women
(2003)

Dietary catechins in relation to coronary heart disease death among postmenopausal women
(2001)

Diet, lung function, and lung decline in a cohort of 2512 middle aged men
(2000)

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