Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrinology problems of infertile women. Since lifestyle modification and weight loss is the most effective treatment and associated with failure in many cases, this study evaluated the factors impact on weight loss of PCOS women. Materials and Methods: This cross- sectional study was conducted on 150 infertile women of ...

objective: obesity is a worldwide health problem, with increasing prevalence associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. decrease in energy intake has been shown to lower the risk of coronary artery disease (cad) in obese. the common form of dietary restriction is daily calorie restriction (cr). another form is alternate-day fasting (adf). the ability of modified adf to facilitate we...

abstract the objective of this study is evaluation of government’s optimum combination of policy instruments on per capita consumption of bread and the share of this product in food cost of families in different income classes. the minimization of changes in dead weight loss function is used in this study. by using boot strop method and on base of normal distribution for supply elasticity and d...

abstract in this study, fresh pistachio of 'ohadi' and 'akbari' cultivars expose to the uv-c radiation with a wavelength of 0, 3, 6 and 12 kj/m2, then located at temperature of 1 ± 3 degrees celsius for 45 days. properties or attributes, including weight loss, stiffness and sensory evaluation of fresh pistachio after 20 and 45 days storage were measured. results showed that pistachio nut weight...

no doubt, damage and losses inflicted by callosobruchus maculatus to stored products in general and chickpea in particular can be significant. the objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of the verbascum sinuatum powder on c. maculatus oviposition behavior in chickpea under laboratory conditions (30 °c, 60% relative humidity). powder of mullein plant (v. sinuatum) caused reduction in ...

background: obesity and diabetes are the most important problems of public health. evidence from molecular animal research and epidemiologic investigations indicate that calcium intake may have an influence on body composition, weight and insulin resistance. the objective of this study was to determine the effects of calcium supplementation on body composition, weight, insulin resistance and bl...