BACKGROUND We have previously shown that irregular lifestyle of young Japanese female students are significantly related to their desire to be thinner. In the present study, we examined the nutritional knowledge and food habits of Chinese university students and compared them with those of other Asian populations. METHODS A self-reported questionnaire was administered to 540 students, ranging...

background: calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body. this mineral is provided only by the consumption of foods containing calcium that it is recommended to use at least1300 mg daily for adults. this study is aimed to investigate the nutritional behavior of female high school students about consumption of calcium-rich foods.materials and methodsat a descriptive-analytical study, t...

The aim of this study is to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of Iranian households and health staff on nutrition at province level. The sampling method in NUTRIKAP survey for households in each province is single-stage cluster sampling and the size of clusters is equal. The sampling method for health staff in each province is stratified random sampling. Samples are selected from physi...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown that the growth status of the children with working mothers is about 2 standard deviations lower than that of the children of housewife mothers. It seems that absence of mothers in the second stage of nutritional evolution (attachment), which is a very sensitive stage, has an important role in initiating and continuation of an appropriate supplemental feeding. MA...

BACKGROUND Analyses were conducted for the effect of selected elements of lifestyle determining the attitude of adolescent boys to health, care over good physical condition and own appearance against self-consciousness and the real nutritional status of their bodies. OBJECTIVES, MATERIAL AND METHODS: Investigations were conducted at Collective School No. 1 in Wrocław and covered 369 boys (103 a...

Background Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional problem and one of the main reasons of anemia especially in girls. This study was designed to determine the effect of combined educational inference based on HBM model about preventing iron deficiency anemia on the enhancement of knowledge, attitude and behavior of high school girls in the Faridan city of Isfahan province. Materials a...

cystic fibrosis (cf) is an inherited disease that affects multiple organ systems. it is the most common cause of severe progressive lung disease and exocrine panceratic insufficiency. in our investigation 67 patients had cf. of these, 79% had panceratic insufficiency and 92% had lung disease under 2 years age. also 67% of patients were < 2 percentile and 28% between 3-10 percentile weight for a...

Adequate food is the most important requisite for growth; while it throughout children, more crucial during early years of life when rapid growth occurs. Thus, dietary intake, nutritional status, emotional maturity, and physical fitness are major determinants performance. Objective: To assess Knowledge, Attitude, Practices healthy practices among sports students. Methods: A cross-sectional stud...