The people and places children eat with can influence food consumption. This study investigates the people and places Swiss school-aged children ate with over a 7-day period and analyses the effects of eating at home with family on food consumption. Children completed a 7-day food diary documenting the foods they consumed, the people with whom they ate, and the place where they ate. Analyses we...

Abstract Raising a child is challenging venture, regardless of where one lives in the world. Most children are raised their families; however, many states have welfare services if child’s well-being at stake. Scandinavian countries follow rather strict policy placing individual rights above those family, and Norway has legislation that applies to all country, status, nationality or citizenship....

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori is among the most common infections in humans and has been recognized as major cause of various gastroduodenal diseases. There is limited knowledge, however, on the prevalence and determinants of this infection in children. We addressed these issues in a population-based cross-sectional study in Southern Germany. METHODS Study subjects were all preschool childre...

Sexuality and nationality: Sexuality and nationality: Sexuality and nationality: Sexuality and nationality: homophobic discourse and the homophobic discourse and the homophobic discourse and the homophobic discourse and the 'national threat' in contemporary 'national threat' in contemporary 'national threat' in contemporary 'national threat' in contemporary Latvia Latvia Latvia Latvia Richard M...

BACKGROUND Excessive alcohol consumption has been linked to deleterious health consequences among undergraduate students. There is a need to develop theory-based and cost-effective brief interventions to attenuate alcohol consumption in this population. PURPOSE The present study tested the effectiveness of an integrated theory-based intervention in reducing undergraduates' alcohol consumption...

The role of maternal colostrum to infant development has been extensively studied and presented. Among the main factors which contribute to breast milk composition are maternal diet, age and body mass index, parity, duration of pregnancy and stage of lactation. This study aims to investigate the potential impact of several factors including demographic (i.e. maternal age and nationality) on the...