OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to pilot a brief (6-week) group curriculum for providing mindfulness training to obese individuals, called Mindful Eating and Living (MEAL). SETTING AND DESIGN Participants were recruited through a local Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in spring 2006. Data was collected at three time points: baseline, completion of intervention (6 weeks), and ...

Two experiments to determine the crude protein (CP) requirement of Heros severus were performed. Five isocaloric (3,200 kcal kg−1 digestible energy) diets containing five levels CP (28, 32, 36, 40, and 44%) evaluated. In first, 75 fingerlings distributed among 15 aquaria (30 L). second experiment, 100 juveniles 20 (50 A quadratic effect on weight gain, specific growth rate for length, feed inta...

To define the influence of weight loss on the severity of metabolic abnormalities in patients with the same stage and primary site of cancer, hepatic glucose production (HGP) and nutritional status were determined in 44 patients with advanced, Stage D colorectal carcinoma and compared to values in seven cancer-free controls. The colorectal cancer patients were divided into three groups based up...

OBJECTIVES Obesity in African American (AA) and Hispanic or Latina (HL) women has been partly attributed to low physical activity (PA) and cultural influences on body image. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship among body mass index (BMl=kg/m2), body image perception (perceived and desired) and PA. DESIGN The current study is a cross-sectional, secondary data analysis o...

INTRODUCTION Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most important co-morbid conditions related with morbid obesity. Bariatric procedures are associated with significant improvement in OSA. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of bariatric surgery on daytime sleepiness and quality of sleep in patients that had undergone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. METHODS Fifty-ni...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The usefulness of Bleomycin (BLM) as an important antineoplastic drug is usually limited to the development of dose and time-dependent interstitial pneumonitis and pulmonary fibrosis. This study has been initiated to investigate the possible protective effects of acetyl-L-carnitine (AC) against BLM-induced lung toxicity at an early stage of its development. MATERIAL AND...

BackgroundThe design of a videolaryngoscope blade may affect its efficacy. We classified blades as standard and non-standard shapes to compare their efficacy performing tracheal intubation in children enrolled the Paediatric Difficult Intubation Registry.MethodsCases entered Registry from March 2017 January 2020 were analysed. compared success rates initial eventual intubation, complications, t...

We report the identification of deoxynivalenol-3-sulfate and deoxynivalenol-15-sulfate as two novel metabolites of the trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol in wheat. Wheat ears which were either artificially infected with Fusarium graminearum or directly treated with the major Fusarium toxin deoxynivalenol (DON) were sampled 96 h after treatment. Reference standards, which have been chemicall...

During a 21-day lactation period, 48 primiparous sows were fed a fat- or a starch-rich diet (131 g fat and 183 g starch + sugar x kg(-1) vs. 31 g fat and 351 g starch + sugar x kg(-1)) at a high or a low level of feeding (44 vs. 33 MJ net energy per day) according to a factorial design. Blood samples were collected at days 7, 14, 21, 22 (weaning), 24, 25, 26, and 27 post-partum (p.p.). IGF-I le...

To define the influence of weight loss on the severity of metabolic abnormalities in patients with the same stage and primary site of cancer, hepatic glucose production (HGP) and nutritional status were determined in 44 patients with advanced. Stage D coloréela! carcinoma and compared to values in seven cancer-free controls. The colorectal cancer patients were divided into three groups based u...