abstract background: dietary pattern is an effective way of studying the effect of diet on diseases. we investigated the association between dietary patterns and blood pressure (bp) in adults aged 20-50 years. methods: in a cross-sectional design, 418 individuals were selected through stratified multistage random sampling from households living in different regions of shiraz. information on dem...

background: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) is an x-linked enzymopathy affecting about 400 million people worldwide. neonatal jaundice, drug induced haemolysis and infection-induced haemolysis may happen in some deficient individuals and lead to considerable mortality. the distribution of g6pd deficiency and the molecular genetics of this enzyme vary widely among different ethnic group...

background and aim: jaundice is a common disorder in neonates and one of the provable causes of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) deficiency, some mutation types of which may be associated with severe neonatal icter. in this line, the present study has been conducted to compare g6pd mutations in incteric and non icteric neonates. materials and methods: this case-control study was impleme...

OBJECTIVE To describe geographical differences and time trends in the supply of the most important food components of the traditional Mediterranean diet. DESIGN Food supply data collected from national food balance sheets for the period 1961-2001. SETTING Selected Mediterranean countries: Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. RESULTS Differences of almost 30-...

The aim of the present article is to discuss the role of the Mediterranean diet as a part of Human Culture and Intangible Cultural Heritage. Until the present, Mediterranean diet has been observed as a healthy model of medical behaviour. After its proposal as a Cultural Heritage of the Humanity at UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Mediterranean diet is a...

OBJECTIVE To compare and evaluate the reliability of several indexes of adherence to the Mediterranean diet. DESIGN The ten indexes included in the analysis were: Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS), Mediterranean Score (MS), Dietary Score (DS), Mediterranean-Dietary Quality Index (Med-DQI), Mediterranean Dietary Pattern adherence index (MDP), Mediterranean Adequacy Index (MAI), Mediterranean Styl...

Interest in Mediterranean diet began 30 years ago, when Ancel Keys published the results of the famous Seven Countries Study, Since 1945, almost 1.3 million people have come to Australia from Mediterranean countries as new settlers. There are 18 countries with coasts on the Mediterranean sea: Spain, southern France, Italy, Malta, Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon,...

The native flora of different Mediterranean countries, often woody species, was widely recognized for its ornamental potential. shrubs, in particular, are a typology plants very widespread the environment and constituent ‘Macchia’, typical vegetation this ecosystem. use shrubs realization green areas has been recently examined their adaptability to abiotic stress. Abiotic stresses, fact, major ...

OBJECTIVE To present the Mediterranean diet as an example of a sustainable diet, in which nutrition, biodiversity, local food production, culture and sustainability are strongly interconnected. DESIGN Review of notions and activities contributing towards the acknowledgement of the Mediterranean diet as a sustainable diet. SETTING The Mediterranean region and its populations. SUBJECTS Medi...

Antibiotic-resistant strains of Escherichia coli and, to a lesser extent, Klebsiella-Enterobacter were common in serial samples of the normal intestinal flora of healthy young adults in Thailand, and the resistance often was to multiple drugs and was transferable. Antibiotic administration promoted dominance of the flora by drug-resistant organisms regardless of the drug regimen and the predrug...