The present investigation was undertaken to study the Environmental Awareness of secondary school students who had gone through SEED Project. The sample of the study comprised 193 boys, 207 girls, 196 rural, 204 urban, 204 aided and 196 government (total400) secondary school students. For the selection of sample, stratified random sampling technique was employed. The data were analysed by using...

BACKGROUND Data relating variation at the fat mass and obesity-related (FTO) locus (rs9939609) to fat mass in infancy are inconclusive. OBJECTIVE To study relationships between FTO genotype and infant size (at 1 and 12 weeks and at 1 year of age) and body composition (at 1 and 12 weeks). METHODS Body composition was assessed using air displacement plethysmography in 207 infants. FTO was gen...

The objective was to analyze the relationship between socioeconomic status and age at menarche among indigenous and non-indigenous girls in the Araucanía Region of Chile, controlling for nutritional status and mother's age at menarche. A total of 8,624 randomly selected girls from 168 schools were screened, resulting in the selection of 207 indigenous and 200 non-indigenous girls who had recent...

Flow rate, Ca, P, and Mg concentrations were measured in resting parotid saliva collected from 207 children (mean age 8.96 years) in relation to dental caries experience. DMFS values were one-third higher in boys than in girls, and this increase was accompanied by significantly lowered Ca (P < 0.01) and P (P < 0.05) concentrations in saliva. With all subjects divided into two DMFS groups, both ...

BACKGROUND It is well established that the risk of insufficient physical activity is greater in girls than in boys, especially during the adolescent years. The promotion of active transport (AT) to and from school has been posited as a practical and convenient solution for increasing girls' total daily activity. However, there is limited information describing the associations between AT choice...

Introduction: The multidimensional crisis (security, institutional and humanitarian) that Mali experienced in 2012 caused a massive displacement of populations, particularly the most vulnerable, i.e. women children. During occupation, numerous cases violence were reported by rights organizations non-governmental organizations. Objective: objective was to highlight contribution obstetrics gyneco...