According to the International Commission on Trichinellosis survey in 2004, Romania has the most cases of trichinellosis in the world. Epidemiologic data for each county were collected and analyzed from two different time periods: before (1980-1989) and after (1990-2004) political changes. Data were analyzed separately for Transylvania and the rest of the Romanian counties. During the past 25 y...

Background: The prevalence of food allergy is different in different parts of the world. Identification of the most common food allergens is a priority in any population to provide effective preventive and curative measures.  Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the most common food allergens in Iranian children. Methods: One hundred and ninety children with skin, respiratory or ga...

There is ample evidence from repeat food surveys that people are actually and passively changing their food habits. Understanding the reasons for this are vital to any efforts by clinicians to enable individuals to move in an increasing healthful direction with their food intake, and to dispel the pessimism that often prevails about the ability to make a useful contribution to nutritional statu...

As economic conditions result in increased exposure to market volatility and margin erosion, banks are looking to exchange fixed IT cost for variable IT cost structures. This has driven a change of internal mindset towards an increased acceptance of outsourcing to achieve IT cost optimisation. This paper examines findings from two industry case studies in outsourcing on cost, risk and technolog...

Given the role of parental feeding practices in establishing children's eating habits, understanding sources of individual differences in feeding practices is important. This study examined the role of several psychological variables (ie, parental perceived responsibility for child's eating, parental perceptions of the child's weight, and parents' own eating patterns) in individual differences ...

A great deal of information is available about social, economic and political factors that can affect people’s food choice but little research has been done on the effects of new cultural environments on migrants’ food habits. Those studies which have been conducted on immigrants in Britain have concentrated mainly on people under stress or with serious health problems, whereas little is known ...

Nowadays, many countries have their own national Food Composition Databases, whose continuous updating allows the inclusion of a large number of foods, reflecting the food habits of the population and the growing number of foods on the market in the best way possible. Therefore, particular attention should be directed to the study not only of individual foods or food components but also of the ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate total polyphenol availability in fruits and vegetables commonly consumed in Brazil and its regions, and to identify the main food sources that constitute food habits in this country. METHODS Total polyphenols were determined by the Folin-Ciocalteu method and the availability estimated according to the Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares 2002/ 2003 (2002/2003 Family Budget ...