Background: Self-medication of slimming supplements has increased, and media advertising has a role in this. The present study aimed at determining the effect of media literacy educational intervention on attitudes about self-medication of slimming supplements among the female students at dormitories of Iran University of Medical Sciences.    Methods: In this quasi-experimental study...

Body weight has risen in defiance of health and appearance norms. This is framed in terms of the problem of time-inconsistency and self-control. The social epidemics of overeating and slimming were driven by market forces and the psychology of eating: restrained eating was easily disinhibited by the stresses of new rewards. For men, the rise in body weight was associated with the decline of fam...

The Media comprises the communication channels of TV, radio, newspapers (national and regional), magazines and specialist publications. Within these channels, communication can be via the editorial material, the advertising material or the advertorials (adverts cleverly designed as editorials!). There is not a single method within any of the communication channels which is not used to promulgat...

The lotus leaf is a raw material commonly used in slimming herbal products, but the deep processing technology insufficient. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) fermentation an effective method to improve efficacy of plant materials. In this study, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC–HR-MS) was explore differential metabolites aqueous extract before and ...