This study was conducted to the correlating factors between personal nutritional awareness and consumption behavior of elderly in Samutprakarn Province, Thailand.  Members society Province were interviewed with a rating scale questionnaire know about their data, that influence food behaviors. 400 elderlies participated study. Their ages range is 60 84 years old (±0.79); average age ...

The mammary gland has an incredible level of organization and a remarkable ability to convert circulating nutrients into milk components. This review highlights four areas of high interest in the biology of milk synthesis where advances over the last quarter-century have resulted in new understanding or revealed new opportunities. First, advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of milk s...

Original Article AIMS: This study was proposed to investigate the association, if any, between nutritional status and work productivity in female tea pluckers of tea garden in Dooars, West Bengal. METHODS: All women who had worked as tea pluckers during the immediately preceding month excluding those who were pregnant, were recruited for this study. Socio-demographic variables, health and diet ...

Adolescence is a journey from the world of childhood to the world of adulthood. In India adolescents constitute 21.4% of the population that comprises one-fifth of the total population. The health and nutritional status of the children is an index of the national investment in the development of future manpower. Thus present study was undertaken to assess the nutritional status of school going ...

INTRODUCTION In past decades, the growth in obesity has been associated with changes in the lifestyle of the population, including comprehensive dietary changes, especially in the intake of micronutrients. OBJECTIVE To describe micronutrient intake and review its consequences on nutritional status. METHODS A literature review was performed covering domestic and international articles publis...

OBJECTIVE Identifying at what age infants enrolled in public day care centers are introduced to soft drinks and industrialized juice, as well as comparing the nutritional composition of these goods with natural fruit juice. METHODS A cross-sectional study with the mothers of 636 children (aged 0 to 36 months) from nurseries of day care centers, who were asked questions about the age of feedin...

Research question: What are the warning signs of common eating disorders among adolescent girls and is it affecting their nutritional status? Methodology : A cross sectional study designed to 1) to assess the warning signs of eating disorders 2) to assess its effect on nutritional status and 3) to have an insight about actual weight as compared to perceived weight among adolescent girls studyin...

In Hong Kong, the chronic diseases that lead to mortality and morbidity, and contribute to disability include cardiovascular diseases, cancer, hypertension, osteoporosis, and diabetes mellitus. The role of nutrition as a risk factor for the development of these diseases has been described elsewhere. For the older population, adequate nutrition is important to maintain health, particularly with ...