The present study was carried out in order to find out effect of age, caste and income on the calorie intake in 3 to 5 years old children of Varanasi district. Three hundred children aged 3 to 5 years were purposely selected from the surrounding villages of a MCH sub-centre. The energy intake was assessed by “24 hours food recall method”. The means energy consumptions were assessed 975.50 and 1...

This paper reviews recent evidence on food intake and nutrition in India. It attempts to make sense of various puzzles, particularly the decline of average calorie intake during the last 25 years. This decline has occurred across the distribution of real per capita expenditure, in spite of increases in real income and no long-term increase in the relative price of food. One hypothesis is that c...

Adolescence is a time of physical and psychological growth as people transition to adulthood, proper nutrition essential for this process. Anemia, condition characterized by lack red blood cells or hemoglobin, the most common health issue among young women. In 2018, prevalence anemia was higher in women (27.2%) than men (20.3%), particularly high (32%) 15-24 age group. The purpose study investi...

purpose the aim of this study was to determine the effect of ramadan fasting on body composition, calorie intake and physical performance in young female athletes undertaking training sessions during ramadan. methods twelve voluntary female athletes (15-27 years old) were assigned to the research. a prospective study was conducted to investigate the athletes on four different occasions: one wee...

Davies, D. P. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 575. Plasma osmolality and protein intake in preterm infants. Plasma osmolality was measured in 53 preterm, low birthweight infants on 3 days (days 7, 14, and 28) during the first month of life. The aim of the study was to compare the plasma osmolality of infants fed expressed human breast milk with that of infants fed two proprietary ...

background:extrauterine growth restriction remains a common and serious problem in newborns especially who are small, immature, and critically ill. very low birth weight infants (vlbw) had 97% and 40% growth failure at 36 weeks and 18-22 months post-conceptual age respectively. the postnatal development of premature infants is critically dependent on an adequate nutritional intake that mimics a...

INTRODUCTION Guidelines support the use of enteral nutrition to improve clinical outcomes in critical illness; however, the optimal calorie and protein intake remains unclear. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to quantitatively analyze randomised controlled trials with regard to clinical outcomes related to varying calorie and protein administration in critically ill adult patients. METHO...

background: stroke is a leading cause of death. current therapeutic strategies have been unsuccessful. several studies have reported benefits on reducing stroke risk and improving the poststroke associated functional declines in patients who ate foods rich in fruits and vegetables. their potential protective effects may be due to their antioxidants, calcium, potassium, riboflavine, peridoxin, r...