Due to the combination of poor dietary habits and aging in the U.S. population, an increase in the incidence of chronic disease is occurring in this country. The prevalence of poor nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases can have a significant impact on surgical outcome and complications. The number of patients with pre-existing nutritional deficiencies and health problems who ...

AIM OF THE STUDY Assessment of lung cancer patients' dietary habits before treatment enable medical staff to provide more individual, precise and complex care to patients, taking into consideration their nutritional status. The aim of this study was, therefore, to evaluate dietary habits related to lung cancer risk of lung cancer patients in comparison with controls from the Lower Silesia regio...

It has been accepted that food customs are closely associated with the quality of life in both men and women's reproductive life. Food customs are speculated to not only influence the present lifestyle but also to induce gynaecological disorders such as dysmenorrhoea, spermatogenesis and irregular menstruation. though there is no consistent definition of regular or normal menstruation, epidemio...

OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were: (i) to ascertain whether the nutritional status of a population of secondary school students had improved after an educational intervention; (ii) to analyze whether students had adopted healthier eating and exercise habits after participating in a health education intervention; (iii) to discover whether the students spent less time on sedentary leisure ac...

Background: Adolescent’s eating habits and weight status is a cumulative effect of the health and nutritional problems occurring during early childhood as well as those originating in adolescence. Aims & Objective: To assess the eating habits among adolescents. To assess the body mass index of adolescents. To find the corelation between eating habits and body mass index (BMI) of adolescents. To...

Background Nutrition during pregnancy is undoubtedly one of the most important factors affecting maternal health. In this regard, considering the cognitive-behavioral factors associated with feeding, behaviors will play an important role in the effectiveness of interventions. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the correlation between food habits and structures of social cognitive theory...

INTRODUCTION The identification of stages of dietary change and the factors affecting food choices can direct more effective nutritional intervention against coronary heart disease progression. OBJECTIVE Identify the stages of change of eating behavior and its relation with nutritional status, food consumption and previous cardiovascular events in patients who underwent coronary angioplasty. ...

BACKGROUND Lifestyles and a poor nutritional status are two factors influencing the high prevalence of non communicable chronic diseases among Chilean workers. AIM To characterize lifestyles and nutritional status of workers from the public and private sector, residing in the Fifth and in the Metopolitan regions of Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS Nutritional status, blood pressure, cholesterol,...

INTRODUCTION The ageing in men, the most frequent pathologic lesions affecting the prostatic gland in this period are benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PC), the course of which may be influenced by the improper nutritional status of patients and their nutritional habits. The aim of this study was, therefore, to evaluate the nutritional status and eating habits of men diagn...

Nutrition and social interactions are both key aspects of the daily lives humans. In this work, we propose a system to evaluate influence interaction in nutritional habits person from first-person perspective. order detect routine an individual, construct behaviour pattern discovery model, which outputs routines over number days. Our method evaluates similarity with respect visited food-related...