A FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER of different elements and compounds are required for the normal nutrition of poultry. If one or more of them are not present in the diet in adequate quantity, or if certain ones are present in an unsuitable ratio, there is a distui'bance of nutritiori, or of the functioning of the body, which may be referred to as a nutritional disease. Other nutritional diseases may resul...

The tissues of the mouth often show earlier signs of nutritional disturbances than does the skin, other body tissues because stratified squamous epithelial lining of the oral cavity (with the exception of that covering the gums and palatal tissues) is not keratinized and changes in the sub-cpithelial tissues and resultant inflammatory reactions become more prominent. Oral tissues are more frequ...

introduction: iron deficiency (id) is the most prevalent nutritional disorder in the world. the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (ida) is about 9% in toddlers, 9-11% in adolescent girls and less than 1% in teenage boys. ida presents when there is not sufficient iron for haemoglobin synthesis. in particular it has negative effects on the behavior, cognitive performance, immune system and phy...

Background: The Current geriatric population in India is about 8% which is expected to rise by 10% in 2025. Among various health problems in geriatric population, nutritional problem plays a major role. Chronic energy deficiency, overweight and obesity are the commonest nutritional problems among the elderly. Limited studies are available in literature documenting nutritional problems in geriat...

The link between genome instability and adverse health outcomes during the various stages of life, such as infertility, fetal development and cancer, is briefly reviewed against a background of evidence indicating that genome instability, in the absence of overt exposure to genotoxins, is itself a sensitive marker of nutritional deficiency. The latter is illustrated with cross-sectional and die...

WILLIAM H. CROSBY, Lt.Col., MC, U.S.A., Editor

Recently, vitamin D deficiency has been considered the most common nutritional all over world that affects age groups. The current study aimed to evaluate level of awareness general population in Taif city, Saudi Arabia, toward deficiency, sources, and toxicity. A cross-sectional was conducted.  validated questionnaire distributed participants through social media platforms. included 431 p...

BACKGROUND Anemia is a widespread public health problem, which is due to many factors, nutritional or non-nutritional. Iron, vitamin A and growth status were assessed to investigate anemia of preschool children in suburb Chongqing, China. METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional survey was performed on 459 preschool children aged 2 to 7 years randomly chosen from the kindergartens in 6 suburban...