OBJECTIVE To qualitatively describe food practices of students living in a residence hall. METHODS A quantitative and qualitative study was carried out in a drawn sample of 100 university students living in a residence hall in the city of Campinas, Southeastern Brazil, in 2004. Students were interviewed using a questionnaire to collect 24-hour food recall information including open questions ...

the experiment was to study the effects of replacing soybean meal by rubber seed meal on growth, economics and carcass characteristics of broiler. a total of 150 day-old commercial broiler (cobb-500) was reared for a period of 35 days. there were five treatments including t0 (without rubber seed meal), t1 (10% rubber seed meal), t2 (20% rubber seed meal), and t3 (30% rubber seed meal) and t4 (4...

this experiment was performed to investigate whether feeding xylose-treated soybean meal (xsbm) or corn gluten meal (cgm) is economically better under field conditions. ninety-four multiparous early lactating holstein cows (55±5 days in milk and 2.82±0.41 body condition score) were used in a completely randomized design. cows were randomly assigned to one of two treatments: xsbm or cgm as the m...

This study was performed to determine the optimum level of soybean meal diets for two banded sea bream for growth performance, nutrient utilization, body composition and serum biochemistry. Two banded seabream were fed five experimental diets which were formulated replace fish meal by soybean meal at 0, 20, 30, 40 and 50%. Up to 40% of dietary fish meal was successfully replaced with no growth...

INTRODUCTION We investigated the association of bolus insulin dose timing with demographics, adherence, diabetes education program participation, experience with hypoglycemic events, glycemic control, and patient preference among respondents with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Adults with type 2 diabetes from 12 countries were recruited to a Web-based self-reported patient preference survey. Adhere...

These are both evolving and challenging times for food distribution and retailing. Never before have the same consumers behaved in so many different ways. Consider Sally, a hypothetical shopper, who may begin her food shopping experience by visiting the neighborhood supercenter, searching for items she perceives to be undifferentiated, seeking larger sizes and the best prices for given products...

The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of elderly people, living at home who receive hot meals that are distributed by their municipality. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the (n=13) interviews. The results showed that feelings of dependency, loneliness and gratitude were expressed by the participants in the study related to their meals being delivered home. De...

PurposeEating epilepsy was previously known as a kind of focal reflex epilepsy. However, the development eating-induced multiple generalized seizures and associated EEG changes were rarely reported. Herein, we present 13-year-old patient with since age 5.Case presentationThe male had suffered from late-onset epileptic spasms during meal 5. Meanwhile, he also experienced spontaneous period sleep...