I nformation on the nutritional status and health of a population allows us to better understand current problems related to all forms of poor nutrition, from deficiencies in macro-and micronutrients to an imbalance in the intake and expenditure of energy. An analysis of evidence on a population's nutritional status can assist the design and implementation of prevention strategies and intervent...

the aim of this study was to provide preliminary quantitative information on selenium and iodine statusof sheep in markazi province, iran. selenium and iodine status of grazing sheep were measured for 57different flocks in 14 regions over one year. the districts were selected to represent major sheep growingareas in the province. blood samples were collected from 2 to 3-year-old ewes during sum...

background nutrition support and noticing the required goal calories in patients having critical conditions are essential aspects of medical care in preventing malnutrition in these patients. materials and methods this research is a clinical trial which was done on 60 children aging between 5 to 17 years old hospitalized in intensive care unit (icu) of shiraz’s namazee hospital, south west of i...

There are many reasons why child nutrition programs were created in America. The most obvious reason is that the nutrition and health status of our children is a high national priority. Another obvious reason was that our agricultural abundance, particularly in the early part of the 20th century, could be better utilized by feeding children in schools. War was a less obvious reason. Yet when yo...

P ROBABLY tue greatest contributions to successful artificial feeding of infants that will ever be witnessed have already been made, namely : the discovery of tile importance of bacterial contamination; the recognition of tile role of vitamins; and the realization that fresh cow’s milk produces large curds in the infant’s stomach and must be treated by heat or other means to improve its digesti...

P ROBABLY tue greatest contributions to successful artificial feeding of infants that will ever be witnessed have already been made, namely : the discovery of tile importance of bacterial contamination; the recognition of tile role of vitamins; and the realization that fresh cow’s milk produces large curds in the infant’s stomach and must be treated by heat or other means to improve its digesti...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of malnutrition is high in the Niger delta region of Nigeria, in spite of the region's oil wealth and nutrition intervention programs have been found to be effective in similar circumstance. AIM This study is to assess the nutrition intervention program, implemented by UNICEF in some rural communities of Bayelsa State, one of the six States in the Niger delta region ...

School nutrition has taken center stage in the national debate over how to reverse rising rates of childhood obesity. State legislative activity, sluggish at fi rst, has quickly intensifi ed in recent years. Summary reports from services such as the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)1 and picked up by the media tend to paint a positive picture of the momentum. For example, the NCS...

The availability of methods for the nutritional therapy of hospital patients has caused clinicians to realize the need for reliable methods to select patients for such treatment. In the early years, following the introduction of the techniques of parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition, the decision to use those therapies was mostly a clinical one. More recently attempts have been made to em...

INTRODUCTION Cross-sector collaboration on child obesity prevention is common, yet little research has examined the context of collaboration at the state level. This study describes secular trends in collaboration between state agency staff responsible for school nutrition and physical education activities and other organizations from 2000 to 2012. METHODS Data from the School Health Policies...