INTRODUCTION Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a growing problem among young female Singaporeans. We studied the demographics and follow-up data of AN patients referred to dietitians for nutritional intervention. METHODS A retrospective nutritional notes review was done on 94 patients seen from 1992 to 2004. All patients were given nutritional intervention, which included individualised counselling fo...

background: higher risks of reproductive problems have been found in underweight and overweight women with rapid weight gain or loss but evidence is inconsistent especially in relation to the effect of age of body weight changes. objective: the aim of our study was to detect the peculiarities of menstrual function, prevalence of different types of reproductive disorders and correlations of resp...

Thin gels (<I mm) can be loaded conveniently, rapidly, and quantitatively by suspending the sample to be analyzed in a drop of agarose gel and simply placing the solidified drop on top of the stacking gel. With this method there is no lower limit to the size of the sample to be loaded or to the thinness of the gel to be employed. Using the silver stain quantitation of between 1 and 1000 @ample ...

Results: The overall prevalence of thinness was 25.70% and the prevalence of stunting was 31.33%. A significant association was observed between the nutritional status of adolescents and the mother’s literacy level and family size. The various morbidities prevalent amongst the adolescent girls were found to be pallor (93.30%); menstrual problems (83.09%); dentalcaries (42.25%); angular stomatit...

Background: The global burden of diseases and associated risk factors in developing countries has altered radically over the past decades, with a clear shift from communicable to non - diseases. Hypertension is major probably increasing blood pressure as well HT important cardiovascular disease. Objective: This study was undertaken effects substance abuse nutritional status Santhal women. Metho...