The short report on page 749 'Growth and Milk Intake of Normal Infants' by Evans once again raises the question of the shortand long-term effects of different forms of milk intake in early infancy. In the early 1970s attention was drawn to the consequences of high-solute milk feeding in early life, with the focus on two particular issues. (1) Did high solute feeding and its possible associated ...

Repetitive cycles of palatable food access and chronic calorie restriction alter feeding behaviors and forebrain neural systems. The purpose of this study was to determine the behavioral, endocrine, and meal-related hindbrain neural activation in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to a binge-access feeding schedule. The binge-access schedule consisted of repeated twice-per-week episodes of ...

Results They were 18 enteral feeding recipients and 7 nonrecipients in preoperative term. Among 2 groups, there were no differences in sex, gestational age, body weight at birth, or day of age at the operation. Multivariable analysis was performed to evaluate preoperative calorie intake, postoperative length of stay, durations of ventilation and vasopressor use and body weight gain. There were ...

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and will be followed by a worldwide epidemic of diabetes. While diet, lifestyle, and exercise are the cornerstones of current approaches to treat obesity, they have been ineffective in stemming the current epidemic. In this issue of THE JOURNAL, the article by Bravata et al systematically reviews and synthesizes the literature on the use of low-carbohydrate diets...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to assess the effects of zinc supplementation on improving the appetite and its subscales in children. METHODS This study was conducted in 2013 in Isfahan, Iran. It had two phases. At the first step, after validation of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionaire (CEBQ), it was completed for 300 preschool children, who were randomly selected. The second phase was conduc...

We review the studies on the links between obesity, the immune system and lifestyle (limited or excessive calorie intake) that provoke changes in the current therapeutic course. There is no doubt that the positive energy balance of the body affects the immune cells, and consequently, the changes intracellular pathways, leading to the disruption of their function. Research suggests that metformi...

Alcohol intake associates with overeating in humans. This overeating is a clinical concern, but its causes are puzzling, because alcohol (ethanol) is a calorie-dense nutrient, and calorie intake usually suppresses brain appetite signals. The biological factors necessary for ethanol-induced overeating remain unclear, and societal causes have been proposed. Here we show that core elements of the ...

Calorie restriction of young male rats increases plasma prolactin, decreases luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone, and disrupts their 24 h secretory pattern. To study whether this could be the consequence of stress, we examined the 24 h variations of plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) corticosterone, growth hormone (GH), leptin, and adrenal corticosterone. Rats were submitted to a c...

OBJECTIVE Results of previous studies on diet and gallbladder disease (GBD), defined as having gallstones or having had surgery for gallstones, have been inconsistent. This research examined patterns of food intake in Mexican Americans and their associations with GBD. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SUBJECTS The study population included 4641 Mexican Americans aged 20-74 years who participated in t...

background and objectives: sarcopenia is explained as age-related reduction in muscle mass and performance. some of the most important risk factors for sarcopenia include age, malnutrition, and sedentary life style. the aim of this study was to investigate the association of food intake and physical activity with body composition, muscle strength and muscle function in post-menopausal women. ma...