OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between (self-reported) maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (pBMI), and child's weight, height and BMI at age 14 months. DESIGN Prospective multi-ethnic community-based cohort study. SETTING Amsterdam, The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 8266 pregnant women from the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development study, filled out a questionnaire coveri...

Background: Neonatal encephalopathy is a diverse and clinically well-known syndrome. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence determinants hypoxic-ischemic (HIE) in perinatal asphyxia population District Mardan, Pakistan. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional was conducted Department Pediatrics, Bacha Khan Medical College, Pakistan from 1st January 2017 30th June 20...

Fatty acid profiles and cholesterol content of whole-carcass ground tissue were compared from 26 transgenic (T) pigs expressing a bovine growth hormone gene (bGH) to 26 sibling control (C) pigs. All pigs were fed a common diet and were slaughtered at five different live weights: 14, 28, 48, 68, and 92 kg. The left side of each intact carcass was ground and tissue samples were analyzed for lipid...

INTRODUCTION Weight loss is common in Parkinson's Disease (PD) and sometimes may precede the diagnosis. Weight loss is associated with multiple factors but its impact on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in PD remains unknown. We sought to investigate the factors associated with weight change and to quantify its effect on HRQL. METHODS The National Parkinson Foundation Quality Improvement...

Breast milk substitutes, e.g. infant formulae, are commonly introduced to the diet within first months of life. As infants’ detoxifying capability is not fully developed, it vital importance minimize their exposure food contaminants. Here, we present a comprehensive multi-mycotoxin assessment in food. Samples from Austrian and Czech market (n = 59) were screened for 46 mycotoxins key metabolite...

BACKGROUND Though it is well known that weight loss tends to decrease blood pressure, the quantitative association between the magnitude of weight loss and the effect on the need for antihypertensive medications is not well studied. We analyzed this association among overweight and obese attendees at two outpatient weight management centers. METHODS Case records of patients with a body mass i...

We conducted two experiments evaluating the lysine requirement of 91- to 113-kg gilts. Gilts (PIC L326 x C-22) with initial body weights of 42 (Exp. 1) or 39 kg (Exp. 2) were blocked by weight in a randomized complete block design. Experiment 1 included 105 gilts, with seven gilts per pen and five replications (pens) per treatment. Experiment 2 included 125 gilts, with eight gilts per pen and f...

Thyroid function and serum levels of triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) were investigated in 79 euthyroid geriatric patients. Of the 59 inpatients and 20 outpatients 35 (59%) and 2, respectively, had low T3 levels. In contrast, 7 (12%) and 6 (30%), respectively, had raised T4 levels. Two further patients were excluded from the study because of raised levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone....

We examined the effects of weight loss induced by diet-orlistat (DO) and diet-orlistat combined with exercise (DOE) on maximal work rate production (Wmax) capacity in obese patients. Total of 24 obese patients were involved in this study. Twelve of them were subjected to DO therapy only and the remaining 12 patients participated in a regular aerobic exercise-training program in addition to DO t...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the association of dissatisfaction with body weight - a component of body image - with depression in individuals of different sex, age, and with different body mass index (BMI). Hence, the aim of our study was to evaluate the association of body weight dissatisfaction (BWD) with depression in different sub-groups. METHODS We analyzed data of 15,975 individuals...