Background & objectives: Nutrition literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain process, understand and use nutritional information to make an appropriate decision about nutritional behaviors. This study aimed to determine the nutrition literacy status of 4000 adults, aged 15 years and older, in Kohgiloye and BoyerAhmad province in 2017. Methods: In this c...

oak trees cover a wide range of forests in iran and most of them are located in kohgiloye and boyer-ahmad province (k.b). the high tannin is one of the anti-nutritional characteristics of acorn for domestic animal. wide range of gut microorganisms could tolerate tannin and reduce it by producing tannase enzyme. this study was carried out to isolate and identify the tannin resistance bacteria (t...

This article aims to provide an insight into play as an important aspect of children's lives in an under-studied area of Iran. Our observations focus on the province of Kohgilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad with its ancient nomadic cultures. Through first-hand knowledge and lived experiences, supplemented by available literature, we seek to look at children's games in the frame of culture change, explori...

Determination and recognition of relative distribution of chemical forms of each element and their relationship with physical, chemical and soil clay minerals can help researchers to manage soil fertility better. This research attempted to recognize chemical fractions of zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) in some surface and subsurface soil samples of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province and their relati...

The tribe Phyllomorphini Mulsant & Rey, 1870 of the family Coreidae, subfamily Coreinae, is represented in the Palaearctic Region by three genera (Pephricus Amyot & Serville, 1843, Phyllomorpha Laporte, 1833, and Tongorma Kirkaldy, 1900) and four species. Two of them, Pephricus subtilis Montandon, 1913 and Tongorma latreillii (Guérin-Méneville, 1839) are known only from Yemen and represent Afro...

BACKGROUND Parasitic infections are still a significant health problem in rural areas in developing countries including Iran. There is no recent population-based data about the prevalence of human intestinal parasites in most rural areas of Iran. The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infection in inhabitants of rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad district, Southwest...

during past few years, dying of apple trees in apple orchards of in kohgiluyeh and boyerahmad province was observed. the symptoms of this abnormality were accompanied with wilting, general weakness, less growth of tree branches and leaves. sometimes sudden dying during flowering and fruit harvest. in early spring up to end of summer of 2008, the sampling from collar and crown effected tissues f...

Silene is represented by c. 110 species in flora of Iran which growing mainly in the mountainous areas. During several expeditions to different regions of Iran (Tehran, Semnan, Kerman, Kermanshah and Kohgiluyeh va Boyer-Ahmad Provinces) some interesting specimens were collected. S. caucasica, is introduced as a new record for the flora of Iran. Five interesting and very restricted Iranian endem...

Background and objectives: Many people in ethnic groups of the world have trusted in plants for disease management and cure. Medicinal plants have always played a great role in the lives of Iranian people in the past and present and with no doubt in the future. Healers in different regions of Iran have been using medicinal herbs and one rich source for these cures is located in south-west of Ir...