AIM To describe complementary feeding practices in the Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS) sample. METHODS Food frequency questionnaires and 24-h dietary recalls were administered to describe child feeding throughout the first 2 y of life. This information was used to determine complementary feeding initiation, meal frequency and use of fortified foods. Descriptions of foods consumed an...

AIM The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the interplay between the parasympathetic (PNS) and sympathetic nervous systems' (SNS) contributions to prefeeding, feeding and satiation in young, healthy infants. METHOD This prospective study was completed on eleven full-term infants, less than 6 months old. Respiratory rate, heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), electrodermal activity...

ecotoxicological studies that use histological techniques enjoy descriptive approach in explaining the damages to tissues. in the present study, a rank-based estimation for linear models was used to examine significant difference between levels of cypermethrin on histological changes of the liver in aphanius sophiae . the toxicity of cypermethrin associated with certain environmental factors su...

The effects of feeding frequency on the specific dynamic action of the juvenile snakehead were examined. The fish were fed at four different frequencies with the same total meal intakes (4% body mass), and the postprandial oxygen consumption rate and ammonia excretion rate were determined for two days. The durations of oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion significantly increased with increa...

introduction: severe early childhood caries is the presence of smooth-surface caries in children younger than three years of age. this rampant form of dental caries exerts a negative impact on the quality of life of both the child and the family .the purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors for severe early childhood caries (s-ecc) among 2-3 year-old children in rasht. material...