background and aim: mothers’ training about suitable nutritional models plays an important role in the development of children’s nutritional habits. these habits may continue into adulthood and promote the individual’s lifestyle. in the present study, we aimed to compare the effects of mother’s training via newsletter and discussion group on energy intake of preschool children. methods: this ex...

rapid changes in lifestyle and industrialization of communities have an important effect on food intake pattern of society. regarding the lack of enough data about dietary habits and nutrient intake of adolescents in our society, this study was performed in a group of adolescent girls in lahijan, north of iran. in this cross-sectional study, 400 high school girls aged 14-17 years selected by ra...

background: there is conflicting evidence on the influence of carbohydrate intake and risk of hypertriglyceridemic waist (hw) phenotype. the aim of the present study was to determine the association between dietary carbohydrate intake and the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 442 iranian female teachers in the age range of 2...

Background and Objectives: During Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from sunrise adhaan to sunset adhaan. This long fasting period can cause change in certain metabolic and hormonal indices and affect eating behaviors and nutrient intake. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess nutrient intake in fasting people in Qom, Iran. ...

osteoporosis is one of the health problems that affect lives of many people. this study was designed to assess nutritional intake and dietary habit  in osteoporotic patients . the population of this analytical cross-sectional study was 120 osteoporotic patients with 45-89 years old referred to rheumatologic clinic of tabriz .nutritional intake and dietary habit was determined by 3 day food reca...

background and objectives: this study was designed to investigate the association between parental behavior and the dietary intake of tehranian preschool children aged 2-6 years. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study conducted on 310 children aged 2-6 years from the kindergartens of 22 districts of tehran, a qualitative validated 85-item food frequency questionnaire was completed by...

objective: losing weight in consequence of appetite loss can be a sign of a serious underlying condition. currently, the most widely prescribed medication for anorexia is cyproheptadine hydrochloride. however, the clinical use of cyproheptadine hydrochloride is limited by its side effects. in iranian traditional medicine, coriandrum sativum stimulates the appetite. therefore, the effect of cori...

this study investigated the effects of the dietary supplementation of zizyphus mauritianaleaf meal (zlm) on the performance of yankasa lambs. twenty five lambs aged between 6 and 8 months were randomly divided into five groups of five animals each in a completely randomized design to receive supplementary diets containing 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% zlm as replacement for cotton seed cake in concentr...

this study was conducted to investigate the possible involvement of the histaminergic system in themediation of ghrelin-induced feeding behavior in broiler chickens. in the trial 1, the effect ofintracerebroventricular (icv) injection of ghrelin on feed intake was examined in 3-h feed-deprived broilerchickens. in the trials 2 and 3, the chickens were received icv chlorpheniramine (an h1 recepto...