Breastfed infants sit at the top of the food chain for the simple reason that their nourishment comes from other humans. Through biomagnification, environmental chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are passed up the food chain to the nursling. Although epidemiologic studies have established an association between prenatal PCB exposures and neurodevelopmental and neurobehavioral pr...

BACKGROUND Studies have demonstrated ubiquitous human exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as p,p'-diphenyldichloroethene (DDE) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Although there is considerable evidence that POP exposures are associated with prevalent diabetes, these studies do not establish causality because the cross-sectional study design does not allow for assessment of ...

BACKGROUND The consumption of dietary supplements is highest among athletes and it can represent potential a health risk for consumers. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of consumption of dietary supplements by road runners. METHODS We interviewed 817 volunteers from four road races in the Brazilian running calendar. The sample consisted of 671 male and 146 fem...

E-sports games can drive the sports industry forward and sponsorship is best way to engage consumers of this new sport. The purpose study examine effect image consumer participation in co-creation consumption activities on fans’ response (represented by variables interest, purchase intention word mouth) e-sports. Four antecedent build (i.e., ubiquity sport, sincerity sponsor, attitude sponsor t...

The importance of sport as a social, psychological, and cultural agenda in today’s world can by no means be denied. This is, as a rule, reflected in all its aspects through the language of media. The present descriptive study has thus tried to investigate how the language of sports media shape sport consumers such as coaches, players, the audience, and sporting officials at large. For this purp...

With the current phenomenon of aging populations in most parts of the world, there are corresponding increases in age-related conditions associated with impaired cognitive status, such as dementia and delirium. Cognitive status is a key component in carrying out activities of daily living such as walking and bathing, and departures from normal cognitive status may be indicators of acute (e.g., ...