BACKGROUND Many studies of adolescent health-related behaviors have assessed the effects of gender and parental socioeconomic position (SEP) but not their mutual modification. We investigated socioeconomic differences in health-related behaviors among Slovak adolescents and the potential modification of those differences by gender. METHODS Data were collected in 2006 (n = 3547; 49.4% boys; me...

BACKGROUND Poor nutrition habits in adolescent girls endanger their health and are followed by serious systemic diseases in adulthood and negative effects on their reproductive health. To design health promotion programs, understanding of the intra- and interpersonal associated factors with treatment is essential, and this was the aim of this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional ...

This study aims to explore the students’ growth mindset theories in terms of nutritional behaviors. The sample consists 3782 students studying at high schools different regions Türkiye. While 61.9% are females, 38.1% males. 79.2% Anatolian High School, 16.4% Vocational and 4.4% Science Social Sciences School. In this study, which was designed with quantitative research method analyzed SPSS 18.0...

introduction: methylmalonic acidemia (mma) is a metabolic disorder and especial nutritional support has an important role in improvement of growth and development in these patients. case presentation: a 3-month old female infant with known mma was admitted to emergency department of dr sheikh children hospital with primary diagnosis of pneumonia and sepsis .this patient was a full term baby; mm...

BACKGROUND Socio demographic factors besides dietary factors play important role in determining the health status of an individual. Health and nutritional Intervention programs stand a greater chance of success if planned, keeping the socio demographic characteristics of a certain population in focus. The present study was conducted to identify those socio demographic determinants which have a ...

Although numerous studies have approached the effects of exposure to a Western diet (WD) on academic outcomes, very few have focused on foods consumed during snack times. We explored whether there is a link between nutritious snacking habits and academic achievement in high school (HS) students from Santiago, Chile. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 678 adolescents. The nutritional qual...

BACKGROUND Studies of the effects of prenatal nutrition on neurodevelopment in humans are complicated because poor nutrition occurs in the context of psychosocial stressors and other risk factors associated with poor developmental outcomes. OBJECTIVE Under controlled experimental conditions, we tested an effect of prenatal nutrition on neurodevelopmental outcomes in the nonhuman primate. DE...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Age related decline in food intake is associated with various physiological, psychological and social factors. Our aim was to assess the nutritional status of our elderly patients and its association with other geriatric syndromes. METHODS In this cross-sectional population based study, Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) test was used to evaluate nutritional status of 413 eld...

CMAJ • NOVEMBER 23, 2010 • 182(17) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors 1831 We have intuitively known for a long time that poor nutritional status in disease is associated with mor bidity and mortality. Only recently, however, have studies provided evidence of an association between poor nutritional status and prolonged hospital stay, decreased quality of life, and increased mo...