Diet history: Method and applications.

Plant Flora of Iran: History and Applications in Traditional Medicine

Animal Diet Formulation with Floating Price

In the process of milk production, the highest cost relates to animal feed. Based on reports provided by the experts, around seventy percent of dairy livestock costs included feed costs. In order to minimize the total price of livestock feed, according to the limits of feed sources in each region or season, and also the transportation and maintenance costs and ultimately milk price reduction, o...

Methodological Principles and Applications of the Delphi Method: A Narrative Review

Background and Objectives: The appearance of complex issues with insufficient information has resulted in the consensus or unanimity spread. The consensus methods include the nominal group and the Delphi method.The Delphi method is a systematic process to predict and help making decision through survey rounds and information gathering and finally the group consensus. This method has been design...

Validation of a diet history questionnaire for use with Costa Rican adults.

OBJECTIVE To validate a diet history questionnaire (DHQ) using a weighed food record (WFR) as the standard method in the estimation of food consumption and nutrient intake in a group of adults. DESIGN WFR: all foods consumed by subjects during 7 consecutive days were weighed and recorded by nutrition students. Two DHQ interviews were carried out on days 1 (first diet history questionnaire, DH...

Assessment and follow up of the children with refractory epilepsy on ketogenic diet

Introduction: The ketogenic diet is a method of treatment that is recommended for patients with epilepsy who have not responded to medications. The present study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of the ketogenic diet along with follow-up on drug resistant epilepsy in children referred to medical centers affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This study was a multicen...