Background: India is the largest producer of pomegranate in world. The cultivation having a drawback producing more agricultural waste; all bloomed flowers do not get developed to proper fruit and drops down earlier only. Dropped may be male which drop naturally after pollination others are female dropped due environmental conditions or factors. According literature, chemically composed various...

Children with cancer are in need of nutritional support to combat the catabolic effects of malignant tumors and debilitation from surgical or other treatment and complicating infections and to maintain their immune system and other host defenses to combat cancer and infection. Also, growth must be supported in the child. Nutritional assessment should be an integral part of the care of the hospi...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is common among patients with cancer, but little attention is given to its risks and consequences. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to assess the nutritional status and identify the factors associated with malnutrition among newly diagnosed patients with cancer. METHODS Patients admitted with newly diagnosed cancer at a teaching hospital in Malaysia were recruited...

Nutritional status should be assessed at regular intervals as part of management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The simplest approach to assessment is serial weight measurement. A comprehensive nutritional assessment includes (1) anthropometric measurements of body composition; (2) biochemical measurements of serum protein, micronutrients, and metabolic parameters; (3) clinica...

Poor clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis are often associated with undernutrition. Normal growth and development should be achieved in cystic fibrosis, and nutritional counseling is paramount at all ages. Prevention and early detection of growth failure is the key to successful nutritional intervention. The advance in nutritional management is certainly one factor that has contributed to the i...