the purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional condition and correlation between daily physical activity and obesity in 11-year old girls. the subjects were 325 11-year old students with different cultural-economical levels who were chosen by chance and then they fill out 7-day exercise, nutritional, tendency of physical activity in children and teenagers questionnaire by the help of t...

background: the spread of urbanization in floodplains as well as increase of industrial and agricultural activities in river discharges may lead to water pollution by physical, chemical and biological pollutants. one of the major concerns in monitoring the water resources system is indentifying major quality parameters and determining a relationship between physical and chemical parameters. thi...

: fried products derived from potato, particularly potato crisp have been widely included in food basket of the households in the recent years in iran. potato crisp, among other products, is of great importance and is considered as competitive products. this product is in the list of the food products with high acrylamide content. therefore, due to the nutritional importance of this product and...

The transition from the traditional pre-industrial to modern phase of development of society in India has in many ways changed the social context of the adjustment of the aged. In India, the elderly population depends heavily on the family for economic and emotional support. With joint family system, slowly diminishing the elderly are now being placed in ‘Homes’ and left to the care of such Org...

Objective: To observe the gains in bone mass in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) over 24 months and examine the relationship between areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and associated clinical parameters including physical activity, nutrition and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD). Methods: Areal BMD of the total body (TB), lumbar spine (LS) and total femoral neck (FNt) were repeatedly...

Objective: To observe the gains in bone mass in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) over 24 months and examine the relationship between areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and associated clinical parameters including physical activity, nutrition and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD). Methods: Areal BMD of the total body (TB), lumbar spine (LS) and total femoral neck (FNt) were repeatedly...

Introduction: Since nutritional status has a great impact on physical and mental health, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between nutritional status and depression in elderly referring to urban health centers of Esfarayn, North Khorasan province, Iran) in 2017. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 250 elderly referring to Esfarayen health centers. Data col...

BACKGROUND Handgrip strength is used to identify sarcopenia and frailty phenotypes, being a potential predictor of mortality in older adults. However, uniformity is lacking in the reference values. This study aimed to describe handgrip strength values of older population aged ≥65 years in Portugal, considering the possible influence of anthropometric parameters. METHODS A cross-sectional stud...

The goal of this study was to determine the effect of nutrition education combined with sessions of vigorous extracurricular physical activity (VEPA) on the improvement of health related parameters in children in primary education. The sample group consisted of 54 children in the fifth year of primary education divided into two groups: an intervention group (IG) of 25 students and a control gro...