The purpose of the present paper is fourfold: first to draw attention to the enormous impact which seasonal infections by nematodes can have on the nutritional status and growth of ruminants, despite regular dosing with anthelmintic; second, to suggest a primary role of larval challenge as a source of those nutrient losses; third, to create awareness of the delays which may occur between season...

Nutritional support provision does not happen by accident. Clinical dimensions include screening and assessment, estimation of requirements, identification of a feeding route and the subsequent need for monitoring. Patients may need different forms of nutritional intervention during the course of their illness. Furthermore, these may need to be provided in different locations as their clinical ...

OBJECTIVE To examine various sociodemographic aspects related to consumption of micronutrient-rich foods like green leafy vegetables (GLV), which will be helpful in modifying dietary habits, a strategy that merits consideration for prevention of anaemia. DESIGN Cross-sectional study for collecting data on socio-economic and anthropometric (weight, height) variables, Hb, dietary pattern (FFQ) ...

Introduction: Low family nutrition awareness will have an impact on nutritional problems in members. Mothers as the main caregivers are very decisive problem of stunting children under five. This study was to describe validity Nutritional Awareness Family Questionnare (NAF-Q) that measures level prevent children. Methods: A cross-sectional Panti (Indonesian) conducted among parents with five (n...

FunctionalEatingGuidanceandFood Awareness Georg Waltner, Michael Schwarz, Stefan Ladstätter, Anna Weber, Patrick Luley, Horst Bischof, Meinrad Lindschinger, Irene Schmid and Lucas Paletta 1 Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, {waltner,bischof}@icg.tugraz.at 2 JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz, Austria, {michael.schwarz,stefan.ladstaetter,anna.weber,patrick.luley,lucas...

ISSN: 2410-9649 K. Benouis / Chemistry International 3(3) (2017) 224-229 iscientic.org. 225 www.bosaljournals/chemint/ [email protected] Nations declared 2016 as “International Year of Pulses (IYP 2016)” (UN, 2013). The first intent of the IYP 2016 aims to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production for a food security and nutr...

Protein-energy undernutrition, or the possibility of its development, has been documented to occur frequently in surgical patients admitted to hospital. Nutritional status is known to deteriorate over the course of the hospital stay, with poor awareness by medical and nursing staff as to the deleterious effects of impaired nutritional status on clinical outcome and hospital costs. While there i...

AIMS Prevalence of malnutrition is a common and serious issue responsible for the morbidity and mortality rate among hospitalized patients. We aimed to provide an actual and comprehensive situation of the nutritional characteristics, nutritional support and the risk factors for malnutrition among hospitalized patients in China. METHODS We analyzed the data from nutritionDay audit 2016 in Chin...

INTRODUCTION Nutritional status during adolescence plays an important role in the human lifecycle that influences growth and development and during this period nutrient needs are the greatest. The objective of this study is to assess anaemia and nutritional status of adolescent girls in the Babile district, Eastern Ethiopia. METHODS Data were collected from 547 adolescent aged 10-19 years by ...

Iron deficiency anaemia is one of most prevalent nutritional disorders worldwide. It is known to affect the health and cognitive ability of children and adolescents. Studies in Saudi Arabia concentrate only on the population of young children and pregnant females or girls. Studies on the whole school student population is lacking. The objectives of this study were to identify the nutritional ha...