BACKGROUND Although imbalances in dietary intakes can have short and longer term influences on the health of preschool children, few tools exist to quickly and easily identify nutritional risk in otherwise healthy young children. OBJECTIVES To develop and test the validity of a parent-administered questionnaire (NutricheQ) as a means of evaluating dietary risk in young children (12-36 months)...

a bstract background: during women lives, frequently face the challenge of calcium reduction and absorption. decreased calcium absorption followed by a decrease in estrogen at premenopausal ages, low average per capita calcium intake among women, wrong nutritional behavior, and household income reductions and make them more susceptible to osteoporosis and related complications. the aim of this ...

Plant-based foods offer an array of nutrients that are essential for human nutrition and promote good health. However, the major staple crops of the world are often deficient in some of these nutrients. Traditional agricultural approaches can marginally enhance the nutritional value of some foods, but the advances in molecular biology are rapidly being exploited to engineer crops with enhanced ...

All children with moderate wasting, or moderate or severe stunting, have in common a higher risk of dying and the need for special nutritional support. In contrast to children suffering from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, there is no need to feed these children with highly fortified therapeutic foods designed to replace the family diet. Their dietary management should be based on i...

background : malnutrition represents an important issue in older adults; unfortunately, there is lack of data concerning this topic in lebanon. this paper aims to provide a description of nutritional status and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in beirut. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in three long stay institutions in beirut in 2012. ...

Visit the new GeneWatch UK online database at http://www.genewatch.org In a desperate effort to reverse its failing fortunes, the biotechnology industry and its supporters are putting their faith in the ‘second generation’ of genetically modified (GM) crops. It is claimed that many of these will bring consumer benefits by offering foods with enhanced nutritional value (so-called ‘functional foo...

This study aims to analyze the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding age at which MP-ASI is given and infants' nutritional status (6-12 months) Syamtalira Aron Health Center, North Aceh District. The research method used was case control by comparing 50 malnourished well-nourished infants. results showed a significant (p=0.005), complementary feeding (p=0.002), status. most dominant fact...

The potential cardiovascular benefits of several trending foods and dietary patterns are still incompletely understood, and nutritional science continues to evolve. However, in the meantime, a number of controversial dietary patterns, foods, and nutrients have received significant media exposure and are mired by hype. This review addresses some of the more popular foods and dietary patterns tha...

Table I shows the nutritional contribution made by flesh foods (i.e. meat, fish, poultry and egg products) to the diet in Britain in 1969 and underlines the importance of these foods in the supply of fat, protein and vitamins A, D and those of the B complex. It will be demonstrated that processing of these foods can cause alterations in protein availability and loss of vitamins, and these aspec...