Background and purpose : The low amount of blood sugar in neonates is an important and prevalent problem which needs serious attention because of its cerebral complications. High birth weight is one of the risk factors for hypoglycemia. There is no general agreement about how to approach the high birth weight neonates who do not have the symptoms of hypoglycemia but are at a high risk of i...

Background and Aim: Use of pacifiers by young infants has been recognized as one of the factors that interfere with the establishment of successful breast-feeding. Our aim was to find out if pacifier-use results in early termination of breast-feeding. Materials and Methods: A historical cohort study was done on mother-infant pairs visiting health centers for check-ups, routine vaccinations or ...

Background & Objectives: Exclusive breast-feeding during the first 6 months of life is the best type of nutrition for the infants in terms of fulfilling their its physical and emotional needs. The incidence of many kinds of infection decreases with breast-feeding. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of exclusive breast-feeding infants aged less than 6 months in Mash'had and to...

  Background & Aim: Breast feeding promotes the child health. World Health Organization recommends breast feeding to be continued till the end of 2 years old, but, sometimes, the process of breastfeeding stops earlier in mothers bearing an excess weight. The mother with excess weight has less successful effort than the others in feeding the babies with their own milk. The aim of this study was ...

Background and Objective: Continuity of breast-feeding up to 6 months may be associated with some challenges for some mothers. Probably, the maternal personal characteristics such as their emotions can change the breast-feeding patterns. The aim of this study was to determine maternal affectivity and the pattern of breast-feeding. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, affec...

Feeding frequency and stocking density are important factors affecting growth and maturation of cultured fishes. The aims of this investigation were to determine the effects of stocking density (10, 20, 30 and 40 fish per aquarium) and feeding frequency (2, 3 and 4 times per day) on growth parameters and hematocrit of the Rutilus rutilus caspicus. The experiment was continued for 45 days in two...

The present study was performed to determine the effect of short periods of starvation and re-feeding on liver index and thyroid hormones levels in Huso huso. 180 juveniles with an average initial weight of 34.58 ± 5.32 gr, treated in4 groups consisting of the control treatment (F) was fed 4 times daily to the extent of apparent satiety, SRF1 treatment with four alternating periods of two days ...