background: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is a major public health problem worldwide. smoking is the number one cause of copd; however, genetic, environmental and dietary factors contribute to the etiology of this disease. in this study, we assessed the association between three diet quality indices -the healthy eating index-2005 (hei-2005), the healthy eating index-2010 (hei-201...

how to cite this article: ghazavi a, tonekaboni sh, karimzadeh p, nikibakhsh aa, khajeh a, fayyazi a. the ketogenic and atkins diets effect on intractable epilepsy: a comparison. iran j child neurol. 2014 summer;8(3): 12-17. abstract objective intractable epilepsy is a major difficulty in child neurology, because the numbers of drugs that are available for treatment are limited and new treatmen...

objective the aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a modified atkins diet for intractable childhood epilepsy. materials & methods twenty one children with medically intractable epilepsy were enrolled in the study. inclusion criteria were at least four seizures per month and a trial of at least three anticonvulsants without becoming seizure-free. the subjects...

Background: Endometriosis has a significant impact on women's quality of life. The aim of this study by reviewing the literature is to discover the impact of diet on endometriosis. Materials and Methods: Searching databases was Cochrane, Pub-med, library studies, and research website of leading researchers in the world from 2002 to early 2012. Results: The literature search shows that cert...

background: a high-fat diet (hfd) and fat accumulation promote the oxidative stress formation, which in turn has hazardous effects on reproductive system and fertility. therefore, the present study examines the potential positive effects of a restricted high-fat diet (rhfd) and antioxidants consumption on sperm parameters in rats. methods: 48 male albino wistar rats divided to four groups (n=12...

diet of patient who has tolerated kidney transplantation is differing from the past. knowing about this subject, help patient choose proper diet. patient may be has many questions about his/her diet that must be considered. do you need to special diet? yes, after kidney transplantation, diet playing important role. you understanding that attention to diet after transplantation are easier than d...

introduction: obesity is a complex health problem. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of regular walking with alternate day fasting (adf) on health-related factors of overweight and obese females.‎  methods: 30 healthy inactive, overweight and obese women were divided randomly into three equal groups.  the groups were: control group (bmi: 30.72±4.40 kg/m2); the experimental grou...

conclusions the current study findings suggest that the iranian central obesity making dietary pattern is directly associated with waist circumference (marker of central obesity), while lacto vegetarian dietary pattern is reversely associated with weight, waist circumference and bmi. special obesity pattern in iranian young females can be justified by iranian central obesity making dietary patt...

introduction: food habits play important roles in maintaining physical and mental health and preventing chronic illnesses in the elderly. the aim of the present study was to investigate dietary behaviors of elderly people residing in yazd city which is located in central iran. methods: the present analysis was conducted on 1684 participants entered to yazd health study aged over 60 years during...

objective: the main objective of this study was to investigate relationship between reported dietary habits and dental caries in five and six-year-old children referred for dental extractions. materials and methods: two hundred children were examined using standard caries diagnostic criteria. the numbers of decayed, missing and filled deciduous teeth were recorded. a food frequency table was co...