results men had significantly higher quality of life in all dimensions and components compared to women (p < 0.01), while there was no sex difference in the hei scores. the hei scores were positively correlated with the qol total score (p < 0.05) and its physical health dimensions (p < 0.01); the significant correlation was eliminated after adjusting the data for age and gender. the hei and qol...

The present paper considers the need to move from a 'health education' approach to dietary health to an approach that focuses on food and nutrition policies at the population level, and especially those policies that avoid widening the inequalities in health between different socio-economic groups and those policies that promote healthy diets among children. Recent moves at the international le...

women health is one of the most important health problems in human societies. women pass through physiological stages of pregnancy and breastfeeding during their life and then in middle ages they reach menopause. each of these stages is associated with a series of physiological changes. one of important factors for successful pregnancy, breastfeeding and safe menopause is good nutrition and die...

Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease that affects many older people. Fragility fractures are the hallmark of osteoporosis. Although nutrition is only 1 of many factors that influence bone mass and fragility fractures, there is an urgent need to develop and implement nutritional approaches and policies for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis that could, with time, offer a foundation f...

Obese women have negative physical self-concept and attitude about self .Schema therapy as a new approach in psychological intervention is effective in reduction of negative beliefs, self-concept and worry. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of group schema therapy on physical self-concept and worry about weight and diet in women with obesity. This study was a quasi-experim...

OBJECTIVE To compare women's diets with recommended intakes from the new Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG 2013). DESIGN Cross-sectional study using data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Diet was assessed using a validated FFQ. SETTING Two nationally representative age cohorts of Australian women. SUBJECTS Women in the young cohort (born 1973-1978, aged 31-36 yea...

results a relatively strong positive correlation was found between the knowledge development approach, nutritional science, nutrition education and research, and proper solutions for individual nutritional problems and a culture of nutrition (p < 0.001). conclusions 1) effective enhancement and participation in an academic community will be important in the future of food and nutrition security...

In a 1981 review, Doll and Peto estimated that approximately 35% of cancer deaths in the United States were potentially avoidable by the modification of diet but that this percentage might be as low as 10% or as high as 70%. Since that time, the epidemiologic literature on diet and cancer has grown greatly, as has understanding of the mechanisms of carcinogenesis. In general, this expanded lite...