Worries about the potential negative consequences of popular fat loss regimens for aesthetic purposes in normal weight females have been surfacing in the media. However, longitudinal studies investigating these kinds of diets are lacking. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of a 4-month fat-loss diet in normal weight females competing in fitness-sport. In total 50 pa...

The debate on the effect of trade liberalization food security poses solid arguments, both in favor as well against issue. This study aims to analyze linkages between (measured using import tariff exposure) and nutrition intake) case Indonesia. national is decomposed into district-level exposure analyzed based sectoral tariffs such agriculture manufacture tariffs. analysis employs panel data 49...

Anoxygenicphotosynthetic prokaryotes have simplified photosystems that represent ancient lineages that predate the more complex oxygen evolving photosystems present in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. These organisms thrive under illuminated anaerobic photosynthetic conditions, but also have the ability to grow under dark aerobic respiratory conditions. This study provides a detailed snapshot of...

in this descriptive cross-sectional study 14 national basketball team players attending the preparatory camp for the asian games with mean age of 25. 6 ± 3.1 yrs, height of 191 ± 6 em,w eight of87.3 ±8 .1 kg and bmi of 23.9 ±1.7 were surveyed. the subjects underwent anthropometlic, aerobic power, body fat content and v02max measurements in three stages of the training period (before training, d...

Regulation of energy homeostasis requires precise coordination between peripheral nutrient-sensing molecules and central regulatory networks. Ghrelin is a twenty-eight-amino acid orexigenic peptide acylated at the serine 3 position mainly with an n-octanoic acid, which is produced mainly in the stomach. It is the endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) receptors. Since plasma...

Recently, it has been suggested that people’s chronotype is involved in regulating food intake and obesity. This study aimed to investigate the association between chronotypes with hormones related to appetite in adults in Tehran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 353 men and women aged 18-60 years using convenience sampling in Tehran municipality community centers. Informati...