OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a health visitor led intervention for failure to thrive in children under 2 years old. DESIGN Controlled trial, randomised by primary care practice. SETTING Newcastle upon Tyne health district. INTERVENTION Structured health visitor management, with dietetic, paediatric, and social work input as required. SUBJECTS 229 children (120 in intervent...

CONTEXT Contraceptive discontinuation is a common event that may be associated with low motivation to avoid pregnancy. If this is the case, a substantial proportion of pregnancies that follow discontinuation will be reported as intended. METHODS Demographic and Health Survey data from six countries (Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan, Kenya, the Philippines and Zimbabwe) over the ...

Continuing research has increased our understanding of regulatory factors involving appetite, food intake, and energy metabolism. There appears to be a complex interaction among insulin, leptin, and ghrelin. A new study explored these interactions and indicates that leptin may regulate ghrelin levels and affect body weight changes.

OBJECTIVE To examine contraceptive practices among diabetic women and obese women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed the responses of 5,955 participants aged 20-44 years in the 2002 National Survey for Family Growth. Diabetes, BMI, desire for pregnancy, history of infertility treatment, sexual activity, parity, and demographic variables (age, race/ethnicity, education, marital status, i...

Background Long acting and permanent contraceptive methods are the most effective family planning (FP) methods to prevent pregnancy and thereby averting adverse consequences of too many and ill-timed pregnancies. However, long acting and permanent contraceptive methods (LAPMs) are underutilized in Ethiopia for little documented reasons. Therefore, this study is aimed to assess magnitude and fac...

Introduction: Besides the typical complaints and symptoms, myomas can cause sterility, infertility and complications during pregnancy. Laparoscopic interventions reach their limits with regard to organ preservation and the simultaneous desire to have children in the removal of multiple and larger intramural myoma nodes. The aim of this study is to examine fertility status and pregnancy outcome ...

Objective: To compare variables related to sexual functioning, namely: sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, pain, sexual satisfaction and sexual function in women during the pregnancy and 3 months after delivery. Methods: This is an exploratory and descriptive, quantitative study. A nonprobability, convenience sample of 62 women in the first stage, and of 52 women in the second stage, was used. The ...

Obesity its only possible origin is off the plate. It is a question of imbalance between food intake and energy expenditure. Since food intake is regulated by appetite, Dr Morrison’s paper is pertinent. The treatment of obesity is largely a problem for dietetic practice, and it is fitting that Miss Rose should conclude this Symposium with an account of her unrivalled experience in this field. O...

A new study shows that female fruitflies eat more after mating, and that a multi-functional peptide provided in the seminal fluid of their mates induces this behavior. These findings contribute significantly to our understanding of mating behaviors and resource allocation, and may provide insights useful for controlling the reproduction of insect pests.

Much of our dietary behaviour is learned. In particular, one suggestion is that 'flavour-nutrient learning' (F-NL) influences both choice and intake of food. F-NL occurs when an association forms between the orosensory properties of a food and its postingestive effects. Unfortunately, this process has been difficult to evaluate because F-NL is rarely observed in controlled studies of adult huma...