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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Smoking, alcohol and dietary choices: evidence from the Portuguese National Health Survey
BMC Public Health 2007, 7:138 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-138, 3 July 2007

Unhealthy lifestyle choices tend to cluster, but controversy remains regarding relationships between smoking and dietary habits.

The aim of this study was to compare dietary intake and alcohol consumption, according to smoking status, in the Portuguese population.

This study showed that smokers have a higher intake of alcoholic beverages and a lower consumption of food items rich in fibre, antioxidants, or phytochemicals, which are suspected to have beneficial roles in the prevention of multiple chronic diseases.

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