BACKGROUND During the post-communist transition period, political, economic, and social changes affected the lifestyles of the Lithuanian population, including their nutritional habits. However, people of lower socio-economic position were more vulnerable to these changes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the trends in selected food habits of the Lithuanian adult population by their...

Because early childhood is the most important time for establishing eating habits, controlling the likes and dislikes of children is significant. This study investigated the relationship between mothers’ food preferences as well as their attitudes toward food and their children’s preferences. A questionnaire was answered by 244 mothers of children aged 3 5 years who attended a private kindergar...

context the feeling of abdominal fullness, bloating, and movement of gas in the abdomen is a very uncomfortable sensation termed flatulence. since flatulence is one of the most common gastrointestinal symptoms that is bothersome to patients, it is important to identify effective methods to resolve this issue. in modern medicine, management of flatulence is often not satisfactory. on the other h...

In today's changing conditions, there has been an increase in the consumption of ready-made food with change eating habits. Moreover, parallel to production, additives used. The dose amounts are determined as a result experimental analyses. However, some show long-term toxic effects on human body genotoxicity tests. this review, definition substances, purposes usage, classification, genotoxicit...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the association between serum ferritin (s-ferritin), transferrin saturation and dietary patterns, in connection with ethnicity, geographical settlement and lifestyle factors. DESIGN In 2003-2004, a cross-sectional study of health and living conditions was carried out in northern Norway. SETTING A questionnaire explored, among other factors, ethnicity and food consumpt...