Data were obtained through an open question survey about nutrition, hydration, balanced diet and healthy eating prior to a talk and various educational games (food pyramid, drawings, plasticine games...) to strengthen knowledge. In the second day of school we conducted the same survey, assessing their recently learned skills. Teachers were in charge of strengthening the information provided dur...

Abstract Keystone predators can impact many prey species, including those that are endangered. A requisite to assess the have on different populations is identify species being consumed in types of communities, while accounting for possible seasonal variation consumption. Here we used analysis North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) scat otters their populations, particularly endangered ...

OBJECTIVE In order to mitigate childhood obesity, evidence on what influences children's health behaviours is needed to inform new health promotion strategies. The present study investigated the association between parental practices and their child's diet and body weight status. DESIGN Grade 5 students and their parents completed health surveys. Parents were asked how much they 'encourage th...

BACKGROUND To examine patients' perceived quality of care and reported receipt of information on diet and exercise related to cardiovascular disease prevention. METHODS Patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes or elective cardiac catheterization were eligible for enrollment. Baseline medical information was collected through medical-record review. Patients completed surveys at the time...

BACKGROUND Intestinal microbiota are critical determinants of obesity and metabolic disease risk. In previous work, we showed that deletion of the cytoplasmic lipid droplet (CLD) protein perilipin-2 (Plin2) modulates gut microbial community structure and abrogates long-term deleterious effects of a high-fat (HF) diet in mice. However, the impact of Plin2 on microbiome function is unknown. RES...

Biologists have paid relatively little attention to subterranean predators, especially their ecology. Although diets of some subterranean lower vertebrates suggest specialisation, there remains a lack of quantitative data. The diet of the caecilian amphibian Gegeneophis ramaswamii was investigated through analyses of gut contents of 67 specimens collected in randomised surveys at three localiti...

Population surveys have rarely identified dietary patterns associated with excess energy intake in relation to risk of obesity. This study uses self-reported food intake data from the validated Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Healthy Diet Score survey to examine whether apparent compliance with dietary guidelines varies by weight status. The sample of 185,95...