INTRODUCTION The main objectives of this study were to analyze food intake and to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school-aged children. POPULATION AND METHODS Fifth-grade children from 80 randomly-selected public schools from the Buenos Aires metropolitan area were included. Data on food intake were collected using a 24-hour recall period and frequency of weekly consumpt...

Two hundred full-term pregnant mothers with no complication of pregnancy and no associated disease selected from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre were studied for their nutritional status and other characteristics. The effect of these factors on birthweight of their new-born was determined. Total calorie intake per capita per day was low being 1913. The mean birthweight was 2.9kg, 26% weighed...

[Purpose] This study was conducted to determine whether acute aerobic exercise (climbing) is associated with changes in the dietary intake pattern. [Subjects and Methods] Food intake and physical activity data for 15 female college students were sampled for 3 days and categorized according to routine activity or high-intensity activity such as hiking. Nutrient intake based on the data was analy...

PURPOSE Carbohydrates are shown to have an important role in blood glucose control, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases risk. This is even more challenging when considering populations consuming refined grains diets. Bread and rice are staple foods which supply main proportion of Iranian calorie intake. This study was designed to investigate the effect of bread and rice intake on blood ...

Modernization and subsequent changes in lifestyle have caused a dramatic increase in prevalence of overweight and obesity in China (WHO, 2000; Wu, 2006). Since obesity is one of the main forces driving Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), increases in prevalence of obesity in children lead to higher incidence of NCDs and reduction in health human capital. I use the China Health and Nutrition Survey...

BACKGROUND Calorie labeling at the point-of-purchase in chain restaurants has been shown to reduce energy intake. OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of point-of-purchase calorie information at one rural middle school. METHODS With a community-based participatory research framework a mixed method approach was used to evaluate the impact of point-of-purchase calorie information. Students in ...

Anticancer drugs have been reported to damage the intestinal mucosa. We evaluated the effects of caloric intake on the mucosal morphology and immune cells in rats treated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Rats were received a liquid diet plus 5-FU treatment for 8 days as follows: Low calorie group (25 kcal/day with 5-FU), Normal calorie group (50 kcal/day with 5-FU), and Control group (50 kcal/day wi...

Childhood obesity is becoming more prevalent; however, the influence of obesity or dieting during childhood on outcomes in adulthood is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of short-term calorie restriction (CR) and high-calorie feeding with high-fat or high-sucrose diets during early life on the development of glucose tolerance and diabetic nephropathy in later l...