probiotics have shown beneficial effects on growth parameters of various food animals. in this research, the growth promoting effects of a multi-strain probiotic was investigated on common carp (cyprinus carpio). accordingly, 200 fish (6-7g) were randomly allocated to 4 experimental groups. the first group received placebo and was served as the negative control. the second group received the pr...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study was to investigate an appropriate level of physical activity and optimal dietary intake in older type 2 diabetes patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cross-sectional study enrolled 210 older type 2 diabetes patients. Participants were interviewed to obtain information on physical activity, 24-h dietary recall and typical weekly dietary patterns. A...

Background. The impact of movement pattern of resistance training on some factors related to cardiovascular diseases is not clear. Objectives. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 8 week different resistance training patterns on lipid profile and hormonal responses in young males. Methods. Forty untrained students in 23.8±2.66 average years old a...

Background: The direction of coaching is emphasized as a factor affecting the physical conditions pencak silat martial arts athletes in all categories. One exercises that affects body composition aerobic activity. Objective: This study aimed to examine effects interval (AI) training performed for five weeks on mass index (BMI), basal heart rate, and VO2max elite athletes. Methods: used an exper...

INTRODUCTION While the association between cigarette smoking and abdominal fat has been well studied in normal and overweight patients, data regarding the influence of tobacco use in patients with morbid obesity remain scarce. The aim of this study is to evaluate body fat distribution in morbidly obese smokers. METHODS We employed a cross-sectional study and grouped severely obese patients (b...

This study observed the effect of a dietary re-education plus regular physical activity on body composition, risk factors and physical test performance of sedentary overweight/obese women and to correlate these variables one with each other. Fifty women (36 +/- 10 yrs; 31 +/- 6 body mass index (BMI, kg/m2)) volunteered for the study. Body compositions were obtained by anthropometry and bioimped...

this study investigated the effects of five levels of galanin on plasma concentrations of growth hormone , triiodothyronine, thyroxine and milk fat in dairy goat breed was sannan .15 breeds of dairy goats sannan all about the same age and weight were selected for this study and were randomly divided into five treatments ( three replicates per treatment ). levels of the hormone injection of gala...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and stroke. Stimulants, such as ephedrine and caffeine and their herbal counterparts, have proved effective in facilitating body weight loss, but their use is controversial due to their undesired effects. Other nutraceuticals have shown moderate success in red...

The objective was to compare ethnic differences in anthropometry, including size, proportions and fat distribution, and body composition in a cohort of seventy Caucasian (forty-four boys, twenty-six girls) and seventy-four urban Indigenous (thirty-six boys, thirty-eight girls) children (aged 9-15 years). Anthropometric measures (stature, body mass, eight skinfolds, thirteen girths, six bone len...