PURPOSE OF REVIEW The number of adolescent and adult patients submitting to bariatric surgery is increasing rapidly around the world. This review describes the literature published in the last few years concerning nutritional deficiencies after bariatric surgery as well as their etiology, incidence, treatment and prevention. RECENT FINDINGS Although bariatric surgery was first introduced in t...

PURPOSE To determine the nutritional status of vitamin E in breastfeeding women through the analysis of alpha-tocopherol concentration in serum and colostrum, to analyze its relation with maternal variables and to determine the prevalence of vitamin E deficiency in these women. METHODS The study included 103 mothers who were classified according to maternal variables: age, nutritional status ...

The article is devoted to the role of iron, vitamins and minerals in development iron deficiency anaemia children early pre-school age. Iron (ID) one most common nutritional-dependent states world, which, according WHO [1], affects more than 1.5 billion people. form (IDA) [1, 2] about half cases (over 700 million world’s population). ID mostly due nutritional reasons, but age socio-economic fac...

In this issue of the Journal, van der Meer et al (1) report a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy in nonWestern women in the Netherlands. These investigators found in their study that 50% of women with darker pigment were vitamin D deficient, whereas only 8% of Western women were defined as deficient. Even at first glance, this is a truly remarkable statistic. However, the ...

Iron-deficiency anemia (IAD) in children is the most common among other types of anemia. It is commonly presented in children aged between 6—36 months than at other age groups, according to a report. Pediatric iron-deficiency anemia might involve multiple etiological factors including low birth weight, nutritional deficiency, and gastrointestinal blood loss. Diagnosis is made on the basis of de...

Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) still represent a major public health problem, with almost 30% of the world population being exposed to the consequences of nutritional iodine deficiency (ID). In Italy, despite a sustained policy of iodine prophylaxis, more than 10% of people is still affected with goiter, and a presumably higher rate of subjects may suffer from minor cognitive deficits due to...

OBJECTIVE To examine the determining factors of anemia and iron deficiency in children attending two day care centers in the town of Pontal, southeast of Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional study was conducted in 192 children aged 12 to 72 months. Personal data (age, sex, use of medicinal iron supplements, duration of breast-feeding, type of delivery, prenatal care, weight, and height), and socio...

Iron-deficiency anemia (IAD) in children is the most common among other types of anemia. It is commonly presented in children aged between 6—36 months than at other age groups, according to a report. Pediatric iron-deficiency anemia might involve multiple etiological factors including low birth weight, nutritional deficiency, and gastrointestinal blood loss. Diagnosis is made on the basis of de...