Dairy nutrients, such as calcium, are particularly important in adolescence, a critical time for growth and development. There are limited Australian data following individuals through adolescence, evaluating changes in dairy nutrient and dairy product consumption. We used a validated food frequency questionnaire to investigate consumption in adolescents participating in both the 14 and 17 year...

Background: The weight of fetus at birth is widely acceptable parameter that can demonstrate the health of mother. Low birth weight (LBW) (birth weight less than 2500g) is significantly related to the neonatal survival and postnatal morbidity. Adolescence pregnancy is an important risk factor of LBW. The main objective of this study was therefore to determine the prevalence of LBW and relations...

OBJECTIVE Maternal antenatal anxiety is associated with an increased risk of behavioral disturbances in offspring. Recent work has suggested that the effect of maternal antenatal anxiety on infant temperament at 6 months is moderated by the serotonin transporter polymorphism 5-HTTLPR, with carriers of the short allele more susceptible to the adverse behavioral outcomes of maternal antenatal anx...

early life events influence life-long patterns of emotionality and stress responsiveness and alter the rate of brain and body aging.  much research attention has focused on the programming effects of the hypothalamus pituitary axis (hpa) in early life and on understanding hpa function in response to stressors in adulthood. in comparison, there has been relatively little research on adolescence,...

Teenage pregnancy is a global problem mostly occurring in poor and marginalized community. increases when girls are denied the right to make decisions about their sexual reproductive health well-being. The objective of this study was assess knowledge regarding teenage among adolescence secondary school. A descriptive cross sectional conducted with sample size 100 by using probability stratified...

OBJECTIVE To describe the occurrence, dynamics and predictors of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy, including links with HIV, in urban Zimbabwe. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 2042 post-natal women aged 15-49 years was conducted in six public primary healthcare clinics in low-income urban Zimbabwe. An adapted WHO questionnaire was used to measure IPV. Multivariate logistic...

Introduction Long-term growth has been poorly investigated in boys and girls born to parents receiving fertility treatment. This study aimed investigate the of children following treatment up adulthood hypothesizing comparable or subfertile conceiving spontaneously that conceived by fertile parents. Material methods In this historical long-term follow-up population consisted 4151 singletons at ...

It is an essential component/cofactor for more than 300 enzymes involved in the synthesis and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids and other micro-nutrients. It stabilises cellular components and membranes and so is important for cell and organ structure and integrity. It is essential for cell division and is needed for normal growth and development during pregnancy, chi...