Introduction: Optimal growth and development of infants requires correct nutrition, and suitable alimentary habits. Mothers’ wrong use of supplementary nutrition and their lack of knowledge is one of the most important causes of malnutrition. This study was conducted in order to determine the knowledge and practice of supplementary nutrition among mothers with 6 -12 months old infants. Methods:...

THE FOOD, SOCIAL, HEALTH, AND LIVING ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS HAVE A HUGE INFLUENCE ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS (FIGURE 6.1). For optimal nutrition, these underlying factors matter. For example, the food environment should make healthy diets available, affordable, accessible, and desirable. The social environment should set norms about good nutrition and hygiene and support people ...

The article presents research on improving the technology of bakery and flour confectionery products by enriching them with fish protein. There are presented data a survey dietary preferences schoolchildren aged 15-16. It is noted that most teenagers prefer as snack. also established children do not consume enough protein, which complete easily digestible. In this regard, study solves problem w...

The nutrition dose truly absorbed by a patient is crucial information in the management or the investigation of nutrition during critical illness. In the present issue of Critical Care, assessment of nutritional losses in stools was studied. These losses together with enteral nutrition lost in gastric fluids and enteral nutrition prescribed but never infused make up the difference between the d...

One of the ways to enrich food with essential micronutrients is use cereals and legumes. The inclusion wheat germ in daily diet basis “correct” “healthy” nutrition systems. most promising create products desired properties a computational method for optimizing amino acid rate finished foods. By correctly selecting component nutrient composition, it possible produce functional, specialized thera...

Improving crop yields are essential to meet the increasing pressure of global food demands. The loss of high quality land, the slowing in annual yield increases of major cereals, increasing fertilizer use, and the effect of this on the environment all indicate that we need to develop new strategies to increase grain yields with less impact on the environment. One strategy that could help addres...