Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbial quality of traditional sweets, Zoolbia and Bamieh made in the confectioneries of the Mashhad during the holy month of Ramadan. Materials and Methods:  This study was a cross-sectional study. Seventy five samples  of traditional sweets, Zoolbia and Bamieh were collected randomly from confectionaries  of Mashhad during Ramadan month ...

<p class="abstract">Gomm-Button disease (Sweet syndrome) typically presents with abrupt onset of tender skin lesions accompanied by fever and neutrophilia. Histopathology shows the presence dense neutrophilic infiltrates, oedema without vasculitis. One criteria for diagnosis sweets syndrome is absence However, recent reports suggest that vasculitis should not exclude diagnosis. We present...

The present study aimed to examine the factors associated with increased Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence among a sample of Italian adolescents. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1135 students (13-16 years) attending 13 secondary schools of Sicily, southern Italy. Validated instruments were used for dietary assessment and the KIDMED score to assess adolescents' adherence to the MD. A h...

Bored toddlers (children at the age of 1-3) often cause stress for parents during shopping trips in supermarkets. Sitting in the front of the shopping cart, they often grouch or arrogate different articles such as sweets or toys. The reason for this behavior is often the lack of useful activities for kids during shopping of their parents. In this paper, a concept for contextual learning games i...

Background: The effects of consuming fast foods, sweets and beverages on the development of colorectal cancer (CRC) are unclear. The aim of this case-control study was to assess possible associations between the consumption of different fast foods, sweets and beverages and CRC risk in a Jordanian population. Methods: Two hundred and twenty diagnosed CRC cases and 281 controls were enrolled. Die...

OBJECTIVE The goal of the current study was to examine if the completeness of programme implementation and the completeness of implementation of specific programme elements of the Dutch school-based healthy diet promotion programme Krachtvoer are related to short- and longer-term changes in students’ fruit, sweets and breakfast intakes. DESIGN Data on students’ dietary intakes were collected ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify factors related to the prevalence of caries in 12-year-old schoolchildren. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out using a representative sample (n = 1217) of the population of 12-yearold schoolchildren in Galiza (northwest Spain). Independent variables were measured through a questionnaire, and dependent variables were determined throug...

Cluster analysis is a valuable tool for exploring the health consequences of consuming different dietary patterns. We used this approach to examine the cross-sectional relationship between dietary patterns and insulin-resistant phenotypes, including waist circumference, BMI, fasting insulin, 2 h post-challenge insulin, insulin sensitivity index (ISI0,120), HDL-cholesterol, TAG and blood pressur...

OBJECTIVE This project explored lifestyles of patients in good and poor control to identify naturally occurring practices and strategies that result in successful diabetes management. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Semistructured interviews with adult patients with type 2 diabetes explored diet, food preparation, physical activity, medication use and glucose monitoring. Patients (n=56) were clas...

BACKGROUND Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin present in food that can be found in human blood and milk. PURPOSE The link between the nutritional habits of pregnant women both of Italian and foreign nationality resident in Italy and the presence of ochratoxin A in cord blood and in maternal milk was investigated. METHODS The study involved 130 pregnant women. Food consumption during pregnanc...