There is growing awareness that the profound changes in the environment (eg, in diet and other lifestyle conditions) that began with the introduction of agriculture and animal husbandry 10 000 y ago occurred too recently on an evolutionary time scale for the human genome to adjust. In conjunction with this discordance between our ancient, genetically determined biology and the nutritional, cult...

Mushroom cultivation has been started recently in Bangladesh. Awareness of the nutritional and medicinal importance of mushrooms is not extensive. In this study, the nutritional values of dietary mushrooms- Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus sajorcaju, Pleurotus florida and Calocybe indica that are very popular among the cultivated mushrooms in Bangladesh have been determined. These mushrooms were ...

Micronutrient deficiencies contribute to many age-related disorders. One group at particular risk of micronutrient deficiencies is the elderly. Many elderly, such as the frail and those living in institutions, rely on ready meals of variable, often poor, nutritional quality for a significant part of their daily nutritional needs. New policies are needed to ensure that micronutrients (vitamins a...

A survey within Italian haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) programmes was performed, in order to obtain a snapshot of nutritional support (NS) in patients undergoing HSCT. The primary objective was to verify whether an evidence-based practice (EBP) approach to NS was implemented in HSCT centres. A multicentre survey was performed by questionnaire, covering the main areas of NS (screenin...

In recent years, there has been both an increasing awareness of, and interest in, bone health which has been combined with a recognition that nutritional factors may have an influential role in developing and maintaining bone status. In contrast to the situation approximately 15 years ago, when only 5 % of general practitioners acknowledged the occurrence of osteoporosis, this disorder of bone ...

Micronutrient deficiencies contribute to many age-related disorders. One group at particular risk of micronutrient deficiencies is the elderly. Many elderly, such as the frail and those living in institutions, rely on ready meals of variable, often poor, nutritional quality for a significant part of their daily nutritional needs. New policies are needed to ensure that micronutrients (vitamins a...

There is growing awareness that the profound changes in the environment (eg, in diet and other lifestyle conditions) that began with the introduction of agriculture and animal husbandry approximately 10000 y ago occurred too recently on an evolutionary time scale for the human genome to adjust. In conjunction with this discordance between our ancient, genetically determined biology and the nutr...

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the nutritional status, anthropometric measurements and eating awareness menopausal women. 
 Material Method: was conducted with 200 female individuals between ages 45-65 who had entered menopause, living in Nicosia Gönyeli region TRNC voluntarily accepted participate study. questionnaire method applied by interviewing included face face. Results:...

(Waitzberg et al 2001). It is evident that the complex problem of poor nutrition in hospitals calls for major improvements. This issue has been addressed by the Department of Health (DH) (2007), which identified priority areas for action: raising awareness; ensuring accessible guidance; encouraging nutritional screening; promoting provision of and access to relevant training; clarifying standar...