background: the highly effective medications in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) symptoms are stimulants like methylphenidate. however, they have adverse effects like reduced appetite. we investigated the effects of folic acid on reduced appetite caused by the use of methylphenidate in children with adhd. methods: this randomized double-blind clinical trial evaluated 70 ...

Klockars, A. 2014. Non-caloric regulation of food intake. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1007. 54 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-8966-3. Food intake is shaped by environmental, endocrine, metabolic, and reward-related signals. A change in appetite is an outcome of integration of the relevant external and intern...

Loss of appetite is a common complaint of mothers who bring their children for pediatric consultation. A number of pharmacological agents like cyproheptadine are used to correct this problem, but a number of adverse effects are known to occur with this medication. Liv.52 is a novel herbal formulation recommended for hepatic diseases and anorexia. Present study was carried out to evaluate the sa...

An appetite for CaCl2 and NaCl occurs in young rats after they are fed a diet lacking Ca or Na, respectively. Bilateral lesions of the parabrachial nuclei (PBN) disrupt normal taste aversion learning and essentially eliminate the expression of sodium appetite. Here we tested whether similar lesions of the PBN would disrupt the calcium-deprivation-induced appetite for CaCl2 or NaCl. Controls and...

Back ground: Failure to thrive (FTT) is a condition of poor weight gain in early childhood. Low appetite which is associated with FTT interacts with increasing caloric intake as the main treatment for FTT. Phytochemicals in herbal remedies could alter appetite more than the expected effects of other nutrients. This review aimed to assess the effective and safe herbal appetizer for children with...

Tube feeding (TF) provides a model with which to study appetite when nutrient delivery bypasses the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract and associated cephalic phase response. Nocturnal, diurnal and 24-h TF schedules are used clinically, but their effects on satiety have not been distinguished. This study tested two hypotheses: 1) bypassing the upper GI tract with TF has little satiating effect, ...

BACKGROUND Cachexia is a hallmark of pulmonary tuberculosis and is associated with poor prognosis. A better understanding of the mechanisms behind such weight loss could reveal targets for therapeutic intervention. The role of appetite-regulatory hormones in tuberculosis is unknown. METHODS AND FINDINGS 41 subjects with newly-diagnosed pulmonary TB (cases) were compared to 82 healthy controls...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore the prevalence of decreased appetite and factors associated with appetite among patients with stable heart failure. BACKGROUND Decreased appetite is an important factor for the development of undernutrition among patients with heart failure, but there are knowledge gaps about prevalence and the factors related to appetite in this patient group. DESIGN Observat...

Introduction: The world’s population ageing is poised to growth in number including in Malaysia. In conjunction with the transition of the nation toward ageing population, the Quality of Life (QoL) among elderly should be maintain or improved to good level. This study was to investigate the relationship between appetite, anthropometric characteristic and QoL among elderly people in the Fe...