conclusions because the intestinal parasitic infections are a health concern in areas with poor nutritional and socioeconomic status, intervention programs, including health education and environmental sanitation, are required. background intestinal parasitic infections are one of major health problems, especially in developing countries. several factors, such as geographical location and socio...

background: earlier forms of food frequency questionnaire (ffq) used in iran have extensive lists of foods, traditional categories and food-based design, mostly with the interviewer-administered approach. the aim of the current paper is to describe the development of a dish-based, machine-readable, semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (dfq). methods: within the framework of the study ...

height measurement is an important part of nutritional assessment especially in children. however, in such cases as hospitalized or certain kinds of malformations or disabilities, height cannot be measured accurately. we aimed to determine appropriate height predictors in iranian healthy children for further use in disabled and/or hospitalized children. a total of 730 apparently healthy childre...

in current study, protein hydrolysates were produced using microbial proteases of alcalase, protamex and flavourzyme from yellowfin tuna viscera. the results indicated that, protein hydrolysate from alcalase, had significantly higher protein content, nitrogen recovery and degree of hydrolysis than the others (p 0.05). the results of amino acids composition revealed that all hydrolysates were al...

the study was conducted to determine the effective factors in nutritional management knowledge and design a proper educational plan for broiler farmers in garmsar township. the used methodological approach was descriptive-correlation. eighty-eight questionnaires were collected and analyzed of 98broiler farmers active in garmsar. the content and face validity of the questionnaires and reliabilit...

three experiments of 60 days duration were conducted in post larval stage of indian white shrimp, fenneropenaeus indicus, to explore the appropriate protein: lipid ratios in their diets. a common ingredient mixture consisting of; fish meal, shrimp meal, ground nut oil cake, cholesterol, lecithin, vitamins and minerals blended with chicken egg albumin, tapioca flour and cellulose (filler) was us...

1. Primates meet their nutritional goals by prioritizing certain nutritional parameters when choosing the types and quantities of different foods. 2. There are five major models applied in primate nutritional ecology, each of which proposes that diet selection subserves a different primary nutritional goal: (i) energy maximization; (ii) nitrogen (protein) maximization; (iii) avoidance or regula...

grapes are significant sources of nutritional antioxidants as well as biologically active dietary components. this study was carried out to determine the amount of total phenols, anthocyanins and antioxidant activity of 35 grapevine (vitis vinifera l.) cultivars grown in fars province (iran). ripened bunches were randomly harvested from grapevine collection in zarghan (fars province, iran) agri...

the present study describes the radiation-induced effects on nutritional quality and on anti-nutritional factors of sorghum grain: effects of electron beam (er) and gamma irradiation (gr) at doses of 10, 20 and 30 kgy and infrared irradiation (ir) at 60, 90 and 120 s on the chemical composition, mineral content and bioavailability, in vitro protein and starch digestibility, total phenolic compo...

conclusions the current study showed the effectiveness of hbm in adoption of nutrition and walking behaviors as well as the increase of bone density to prevent osteoporosis. results immediately and six months after the intervention, a significant increase was found in the intervention group’s health beliefs, nutrition, and walking performances to prevent osteoporosis. six months after the inter...