Nutrition is essential in ensuring athletes’ optimum sports performance and good health. This study’s objective was to assess the socioeconomic (SE) standards, nutritional knowledge, dietary habits of athletes across three (3) sporting regions Ghana. Further, this study aimed examine relationship between athletes. The sample drew from football, hockey basketball players. Data collection relied ...

The 15-a-side Fiji rugby team trains well in preparations for any rugby competition but rarely performs to expectations. In order to help the Fiji local based rugby players to identify some key basic areas in improving their performance, a series of workshops were conducted to assess their nutritional status and dietary habits in relation to energy demand during rugby matches. The nutrition wor...

UC (ulcerative colitis) patients have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer compared with the normal population. The cause underlying this higher risk is not fully defined but includes nutritional and environmental factors concomitant with genetic alterations. We aimed to evaluate genetic stability in the colonic tissue of UC patients in clinical remission compared with the healthy ...

Beslenme alışkanlıkları, bir ülkenin komşularına göre ve hatta aynı bölgelerine de değişmekte önemli farklılıklar göstermektedir. Balıkesir, farklı iki denize kıyısı olan, deniz seviyesinden 1700 metreye kadar yükseltileri içeren, dağlık ovalık alanları bulunan, flora fauna açısından zengin ildir. İlin sahip olduğu fiziki coğrafya faktörlerine ek olarak etnik grupları da içermesi yeme alışkanlı...

Seafood is an important component of healthful human diets. Intake of seafood is recommended both for young women and children. In fact, it is a good source of high-quality protein, low in saturated fats, and rich in essential nutrients (e.g. iodine, iron, choline, and selenium) and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), especially omega-3. However, the relationship between maternal ...