background: in recent decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents have increased in iran and other countries. this study aimed to assess the prevalence of obesity and its associated factors among high school students of karaj city, iran. methods: a total of 700 students in different age groups were selected by random sampling method. the study samples were divided into 2 gr...

conclusions the results of the current study suggest that increasing the quality of the diet calculated according to hei can reduce the risk of coming down with cataract. patients and methods this case-control study was conducted on 97 patients with cataract and 198 healthy people (as a control group) in iran. individuals were selected by the convenience sampling method and the food frequency q...

introduction: internet searches suggest people need to check the appropriate and correct information in the field of health. meanwhile, due to the rapid growth of new technologies such as mobile technology, which today is universally accessible to all members of society, has been created a new  and  appropriate channel to offer health services that use this technology to propose best value tail...

There have been significant advances in the provision of enteral nutrition support in the acute and community healthcare settings.[...].

The Optimum Health Clinic (OHC) is a specialist, private tertiary healthcare provider that offers psychological, nutritional and combined interventions for individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia. A single biomarker has not been identified for this illness and therefore more complex and multidisciplinary models have been suggested, for in...

background: the greatest pressure in the physiological life of women is caused during pregnancy due to the occurrence of most important changes in their biological status. weight gain considered as one of the valid indicators of proper nutrition during pregnancy which is evaluated by body mass index (bmi). the aim of this study was to compare the effect of nutrition education program based on h...

This article considers a wide class of semiparametric regression models in which interest focuses on population-level quantities that combine both the parametric and the nonparametric parts of the model. Special cases in this approach include generalized partially linear models, generalized partially linear single-index models, structural measurement error models, and many others. For estimatin...

Abstract Aim: Veterans may have improper eating behaviors and food habits. Therefore, this study is designed to investigate the eating behaviors and food habits of veterans via the nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) model in Zahedan City. Methodology: In a descriptive, cross-sectional study, 369 veterans admitted to the Veterans Foundation in Zahedan were selected. After re...

objectives: the aim of this study was to assess nutritional status and identify the most significant mna-items (mini nutritional assessment) to accelerate the determination of nutritional risk of heart-failure in elderly patients. methods and materials: the present research was a cross-sectional descriptive analytical survey on hospitalized heart- failure elderly patients (n=225). the sampling ...