Cancer is related to a deterioration of nutritional status and quality of life (QoL), but the extent of these conditions in patients with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) has not been studied. The aim of the present study was to assess the association between QoL and undernutrition in NSCLC patients. Nutritional status was evaluated with Patient Generated - Subjective Global Assessment and Qo...

Weaning Swiss mice were percutaneously infected with 30 cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni and submitted to a shifting either from a deficient to a balanced diet or vice-versa, for 24 weeks. The nutritional status was weekly evaluated by measurements of growth curves and food intake. Hepatic fibrosis and periovular granulomas were studied by histological, morphometric and biochemical methods. All...

AIM To determine the effect of early childhood stimulation with undernourished children and their mothers on maternal depression. METHODS Mothers of 139 undernourished children (weight for age < or =-1.5 z-scores) aged 9-30 months were recruited from 18 government health centres in the parishes of Kingston, St Andrew, and St Catherine, Jamaica. They received weekly home visits by community he...

The effects of serosally added 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, 100 microM) on the short circuit-current (Isc) across jejunum and ileum taken from fed, starved and undernourished (Gerbillus cheesmani) were investigated. The effects of the neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin (TTX, 10 microM) on the basal Isc as well as on the maximum increase in Isc induced by 5-HT were also studied. There were regional variatio...

Trade liberalization in the early 21st century increased adaptation capacity of global food systems to climate change; further and trade facilitation could help avoid dozens millions being undernourished at mid-century. The agenda should explicitly include change achieve SDG 2 Zero Hunger.