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Supplementation, Food Fortification and Dietary Diversification
We automatically associate hunger with not having enough to eat. We have all seen images of acutely undernourished people in disaster areas, and almost one billion people around the world are undernourished. However, not having enough to eat is only part of the problem of hunger. What experts refer to as ‘hidden hunger’ attracts less attention because it does not produce dramatic images, yet wh...
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Malnutrition in institutionalised elderly increases morbidity and care costs. Meat and dairy foods are high-quality protein sources so adequate intakes may reduce malnutrition risk. We aimed to determine whether inadequate intakes of meat and dairy foods contribute to malnutrition in institutionalised elderly. This cross-sectional study involved 215 elderly residents (70·2 % females, mean age 8...
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Infection caused by HIV and malnutrition have a complex interaction and often coexist geographically. Malnutrition has synergistic immune effects and HIV affects nutritional status. HIV care and treatment programs are compelled to confront this dual burden to optimize HIV outcomes. In this article, we review the published literature concerning intervention studies in adults and children and the...
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Tryptophan, a precursor of important molecules such as serotonin, melatonin and niacin, is an essential amino acid for dogs. In pigs, tryptophan supplementation has been shown to induce a significant increase in food intake. The aim of the present study was to assess whether long-term tryptophan supplementation increases voluntary food intake in dogs and to observe whether this was accompanied ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Islamic Medical Association of North America
سال: 1983
ISSN: 2160-9829,0899-8299
DOI: 10.5915/15-3-12416