increased feeding frequency improve bioenergetics efficiency in lactating cows; however, there is little information about its effect on fattening animals.twelve holstein bull calves were allotted to two groups to determine the effect of feeding frequency on body weight, carcass quality and hormonal profiles. control group was fed twice a day and treated group was fed six times a day by a stand...

PURPOSE To determine whether there is a physiologic explanation for the predisposition of patients with certain angiographic characteristics to symptoms of hemorrhage and steal. METHODS Superselective transcatheter feeding arterial pressure and mean arterial pressure measurements were obtained before embolotherapy in 32 patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Pressures were correl...

Responsive feeding has been identified as important in preventing overconsumption by infants. However, this is predicated on an assumption that parents recognise and respond to infant feeding cues. Despite this, relatively little is understood about how infants engage parental feeding responses. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review was to identify what is known about infant communicatio...

the current study was conducted to evaluate effects of sequential or wet feeding programs subsequent to and early meal feeding regime on performance, carcass characteristics and humoral immunity in broiler chicks. 192 ross 308 chicks (seven-day old) were allocated to four treatments at four replicates (12 chicks per plot) based on a completely randomized design. treatments were included: contro...

BACKGROUND Children's eating behavior, food intake, and weight status are highly influenced by parents, who shape their food environment via parental feeding practices. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between sociodemographic, anthropometric, and behavioral/attitudinal characteristics of parents and their 5- to 9-year-old children and a range of positive ("healthy eating g...

background and purpose: inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the causes of malnutrition worldwide. this study was aimed to determine the complementary feeding practices according to world health organization recommendation in sari, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study on complementary feeding practices assayed the different aspect of infant feeding based o...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of the peer counselling (PC) programme on breast-feeding initiation among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Missouri, and to identify factors that facilitate breast-feeding initiation. DESIGN We used the data from the 2006 Missouri Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System, Missouri Live B...

a survey was made, to study the midwives involvement in preparing the primigravida women for breast feeding, in health centers associated with the ministry of health and medical education (tehran 1993) a total of 50 practicing midwives took part in this study. the tool was a check-list containing two sections. the first part had six items pertaining to the subject,s demographic characteristics....

Background: Breastfeeding is a golden standard of infant feeding. One of variables that may effect on breastfeeding is psychological factor and referring to the effect of postpartum depression, which is the most common mood disorder during postpartum period, there is controversy. The aim of this study was to examine relationship between postpartum depression and breastfeeding outcomes. Material...