The problematic issues of legislative consolidation and application forced feeding to convicts who refuse take food in institutions execution punishment are considered.
 An analysis domestic international legislation the field treatment convicts, prohibition torture other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, principles medical ethics deontology regarding admissibility persons have decla...

Background: feeding/eating disorders are frequent in pediatric patients and, in some cases, can be associated to an upper digestive motility disorder. Gastro-esophageal reflux is, nowadays, considered a risk factor for the development of feeding/eating disorders. Aim: to verify the occurrence of feeding/eating disorders in patients with Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) determined by the ...

BACKGROUND Associations between parent and child characteristics and how they influence the approach parents take toward children in the feeding environment have not been examined extensively, especially in low-income minority families who are at a higher risk for obesity. The primary aim of the study was to examine positive and negative parent emotions as potential mediators of the relationshi...