The economic model of fertility emphasizes two important "roles of increased human capital investments in women on fertility: (1) an income effect which tends to increase the demand for children and (2) a price effect which tends to decrease the demand for children because of the higher opportunity cost of childcare in terms of foregone labor force opportunities. Previous empirical estimates of...

INTRODUCTION Athletes—and lots of non-athletes—gulp vitamin pills in tremendous quantities, but most experts tell us that only a small number of athletes will notice any benefit of vitamin supplements on their health or sport performance. Is it O.K. to take vitamin supplements as an insurance policy, in case your diet does not supply sufficient vitamins? Can bad things happen if you take too ma...

BACKGROUND Retinopathy of prematurity(ROP) is the most common serious ophthalmic disease in preterm infants. Human milk may provide a protective effect for ROP; however, beneficial effects of human milk preclude randomized trials. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective analysis comparing early postnatal nutrition with ROP development. OBJECTIVE Evaluate relationship between early postnatal n...

Grains and the products obtained from them have a central importance in human nutrition, representing main source of food for humans [...]

Peter Sanderson*, Yvonne E. Finnegan, Christine M. Williams, Philip C. Calder, Graham C. Burdge, Stephen A. Wootton, Bruce A. Griffin, D. Joe Millward, Nicholas C. Pegge and Wanda J. E. Bemelmans Nutrition Division, Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2 6NH, UK Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition, School of Food Biosciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Bo...

Abstract Background Effective implementation of nutrition and dietetics interventions necessitates professionals in these fields to possess the requisite competencies for health systems performance. This study explored stakeholders’ perceptions community needs, nature work done by graduates Bachelor’s degree Human Nutrition/Human Nutrition Dietetics (HN/HND), required Uganda. Methods A cross-se...

To fulfill increased world food demand and to overcome the consequences related to natural and industrial changes, scientists have been trying to select and improve both feedstuff and livestock, genetically. Biotechnology, also involving chemical and physical techniques, is applied to nutrition to increase the abundance (availability) of feed and to improve the digestibility of nutrients in tho...

Now is the time for the science of nutrition, with its application in food and nutrition policy, to be given a broader definition, additional dimensions and relevant principles, to meet the challenges and opportunities faced by humankind in the twenty-first century. As originally conceived and as now usually studied and practised, nutrition is principally a biological science. This classic biol...

This article reviews key findings about the long-term impact of a nutrition intervention carried out by the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama from 1969 to 1977. Results from follow-up studies in 1988-89 and 2002-04 show substantial impact on adult human capital and economic productivity. The 1988-89 study showed that adult body size and work capacity increased for those provi...

OBJECTIVES To review the impact of agriculture interventions on nutritional status in participating households, and to analyse the characteristics of interventions that improved nutrition outcomes. DESIGN We identified and reviewed reports describing 30 agriculture interventions that measured impact on nutritional status. The interventions reviewed included home gardening, livestock, mixed ga...