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Regular cereal consumption may help maintain a healthy BMI.(Clinical Rounds)

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SAN DIEGO -- You'd better eat your Wheaties.

Results from an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002 suggests that the regular consumption of ready-to-eat cereal may help adults maintain a healthy body mass index, Alison L. Eldridge, Ph.D., and her associates wrote in a poster presented at a meeting on experimental biology sponsored by the American Physiological Society.

"This study supports the hypothesis that the consumption of ready-to-eat cereal is one dietary factor related to the decreased risk for obesity," the investigators wrote.

Dr. Eldridge and her associates analyzed 24-hour recall data from the NHANES 1999-2002 to determine the relationship between consumption of ready-to-eat cereal and body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference in adults aged 19 years and older.

About 22% of NHANES participants (9,474) reported consuming ready-to-eat cereal at least once during the 24-hour recall period, reported Dr. Eldridge, nutrition science manager at the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, part of General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., and associates.

The investigators classified the sample ...

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