conclusions the findings suggest that low levels of leptin may be a contributory factor for malnutrition in hd patients. further studies are required to ascertain the significance of leptin levels in relation to nutritional factors in hemodialysis patients. patients and methods this analytical descriptive study included 45 hemodialysis patients and 40 healthy subjects. biochemical parameters an...

background and aims: nutrition has a determinant role in success of professional athletes and dietary supplements can play an important role for supplying the nutritional needs for them in some situations. consumption of dietary supplements (ds) was significantly increased in recent years. based on this fact, assessing the amount, purposes and type of the supplements are all as prior as the aff...

conclusions this study indicated that the use of this model in the children’s nutritional status can result in positive outcomes, and this model can make interventions more effective in this regard. objectives this study aimed to apply authoritative parenting style model in children’s nutritional status. methods this research was a cross-sectional study conducted on 1000 parents selected by ran...

the cowpea seed beetle, callosobruchus maculatus (fab.) (coleoptera: chrysomelidae: bruchinae) is one of the major pests infesting stored pulses and is distributed worldwide. in this research, efficiency of plant extracts from eucalyptus globulus labill. and eucalyptus camaldulensis dehnh. were tested against the cowpea seed beetle for its antifeedant activity. several experiments were designed...

background: in order to provide better advice for prevention of obesity and eating disorders among children, there is a need to have more knowledge of their dietary patterns. this study examined meal and snacking patterns of primary school children in tehran. methods: a total of 761 male and female primary school children from all educational areas in tehran were recruited in a cross‑sectional ...

background: osteoporosis is one of the most common metabolic bone diseases. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a prevention program based on health belief model on osteoporosis among women. methods: in this quasi-case study, 120 patients (60 cases and 60 control), registered under the health centers in fasa city, fars province, iran were selected in 2014. a questionnaire...

nutritional status during adolescence plays an important role in human lifecycle. the aim of this study was nutritional status and dietary intake among adolescent girls. in a cross sectional study, using two stage cluster sampling 256 adolescent girls were randomly selected from 8 semnan secondary schools. weight and height were measured and body mass index (bmi) was calculated. in adolescents,...

fruity teas are popular due to variety in sensory properties as well as their nutritional and therapeutical characteristics. recently, the worldwide researches related to fruity teas have been considerably developed. in this work, effects of fruit type (apple, quince and pear) and brewing time (10 or 20 min) on some nutritional properties (mg, fe and ca contents, sugars and protein percent) as ...

background: tube feeding is used for patients, who are not able to eat orally but their digestive system can digest food. this method is safe and economical for patients, maintains the functions of the digestive system and reduces the risk of infection and sepsis. however, incorrect administration of this method of feeding results in problems such as aspiration pneumonia, infection, diarrhea, n...

addiction to the illicit and prescribed use of opiate is an alarming public health issue. studies on addictive disorders have demonstrated severe nutritional deficiencies in opiate abusers with behavioral, physiological and cognitive symptoms. opiate addiction is also link with a significant number of diseases including human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and other blood...