BACKGROUND The 2010 World Health Organisation (WHO) Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) indicators are useful for monitoring feeding practices. METHODS A total sample of 300 subjects aged 6 to 23 months was recruited from urban suburbs of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. Compliance with each IYCF indicator was computed according to WHO recommendations. Dietary intake based on two-day weighed foo...

background: little is known about the influence of habitual participation in physical exercise and diet on upper-extremity physical function in older adults. to assess the relationship of general physical exercise and diet to upper-extremity physical function and pain intensity in older adults.   methods: a cohort of 111 patients 50 or older completed a sociodemographic survey, the rapid assess...

background: vitamin c is one of the important nutrients in fish culture and as a potent anti-oxidant, is of great importance in preserving cells against oxidation and boosting resistance in stress conditions and against pathogens. objectives: the purpose of the present study is to add high level of vitamin c supplementation to rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) diet reared at high density and ...

this trial was conducted to investigate the effect of phospholipid on blood and serum factors in rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) fed fat powder. phospholipid in two levels was added to 20 percent fat based on diet including 50% fat powder. control diet contained fish oil instead of fat powder and was lack of phospholipid. 150 juvenile rainbow trout with initial mean weight of 27.45±1.88g st...

the aim of present study was to investigate the relation between the perception of population on healthy diet and lifestyle related behaviors.as part of national study on iranian health perception, a cross-sectional study was carried out in iran, 2010. a multistage sampling approach was applied to include a representative sample of population aged between 18 and 65 in the study. to collect data...

hypertension is a common health problem. hypotensive drugs and low salt diet are used in its treatment. this study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a low-salt diet and drug therapy in the treatment of arterial hypertension. a total of 256 randomly selected patients with essential hypertension consulting the non-contagious diseases clinic in shahreza, isfahan, iran, were included in ...

iron deficiency is the most common form of malnutrition in developing countries. iron containing supplements have been used effectively to solve this problem. in children, because of teeth staining after taking iron drops, parents have the idea that iron drops are the cause of tooth decay; therefore, they limit this vital supplement in their children's diet. hereby, we evaluate the histologic e...

this study was conducted to investigate the effect of different levels of savory (satureja hortensis) powder and its essential oil on performance and antioxidant status of broiler chickens under heat stress (34±2 ˚c for 8 hours per day). a total of 336 one-day-old male broiler chicks (ross-308) were divided into 6 treatments and 4 replications (14 birds per replicate). experimental diets were a...