I. A femur was analysed from each of the following malnourished children: five Turkish (4-7.5 months; marasmic), eight Jamaican (9-13 months; two marasmic, one marasmic with kwashiorkor, three with kwashiorkor, two ‘malnourished’) and two Ugandan (I: and 12 months; marasmic and with kwashiorkor respectively). These were matched with appropriate controls. Dry weight, fat, total nitrogen, collage...

Year class strength of many fishes often is determined by survival through the first winter. Increased fat reserves improve survival and overall cohort success. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) methods are established for estimating proximate composition of adult brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill), but none have been developed for early life stages. Small-fish BIA would provide...

digestibility coefficient of whole cottonseed was determined by in vivo method and total collection feces. the whole cottonseed degradability was determined by nylon bag method. a number of 12 holstein bulls were used in a complete randomized design. the rations contained zero (control), seven, 14 and 21 percentages of whole cottonseed. during the experimental period, daily gain, dry matter int...

AIM The aim of this study was to compare the nutritional biochemical parameters, prealbumin levels, and bioimpedance analysis parameters of adult and elderly hemodialysis (HD) patients. METHODS This prospective cross-sectional study included 50 adult HD patients (42.0 % female). Nutritional status was assessed by post-dialysis multifrequency bioimpedance analysis (BIA), serum prealbumin and o...

This study evaluated the effects of E. faecium CECT 410 inoculation, either as free cells (CFC) or in alginate beads (CALG), on ripening and storage dry-fermented sausages. Both formulations presented acceptable weight losses during ripening. In both CFC CALG treatments, pH values were lower (P < 0.05) at end stages. Dry-fermented sausages with incorporation probiotics via had higher protein fa...

Examples of substances reported to stimulate liver growth are few. Coramine (nikethamide, or diethylnicotinamide) causes an increase in the absolute, fat-free weight of the liver of the young rat and would appear to qualify as one of these. The effect was first noted by Coulson and Brazda in 1947 (5) in 45-50-gm. rats fed 1.0 per cent levels of Coramine in a high protein diet. It was an un expe...

Two completely random digestion trials were conducted, each with 12 beef steers (325 kg initial weight), to measure changes in digestibilities of fat and of forage components when fat was added to diets containing 62 to 76% wheat straw. Trial 1 diets contained either no added fat or 6.3% added fat from whole cottonseed (30% of the diet), cottonseed oil or animal fat; diets were formulated to co...

BACKGROUND The nature of body-composition changes in HIV-associated weight loss is unclear. OBJECTIVE We examined the relation between the initial percentage of body fat and the composition of weight loss in men and women with HIV infection. DESIGN HIV-positive adults were seen at semiannual clinic visits, at which time weight, fat, and fat-free mass were determined. The unit of analysis wa...

This study was undertaken to identify factors that influence total body bone area (TBBA), total body bone mineral content (TBBMC), and tibial cortical bone measures in 239 children aged 3-5 years. We obtained information on demographic and anthropometric characteristics and measurements of diet, physical activity, and strength. In multiple regression analysis, TBBA correlated with height (p < 0...