introduction: a challenge for health care providers is that there will be a distinct rise globally in the number of elderly people aged 80 years and over. malnutrition is a well-known problem among elderly people. the aim of this study was to determine nutritional status and its associated risk factors in elderly nursing home residents in tehran, iran. methods: the cross-sectional study was car...

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...

malnutrition and inflammation are the most important causes of cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis patients. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of increase in hemodialysis frequency on c-reactive protein (crp) level and nutritional markers in contrast to previous routine method. 18 hemodialysis patients with a mean age of 53±16 years were randomly selected in this before-and-aft...

how to cite this article: soltani d, ghaffar pour m, tafakhori a, sarraf p, bitarafan s. nutritional aspects of treatment in epileptic patients. iran j child neurol. summer 2016; 10(3): 1-12.   abstract epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by interruption of normal neuronal functions that is manifested by behavioral disorders, changing of awareness level, and presence of some senso...

background : malnutrition represents an important issue in older adults; unfortunately, there is lack of data concerning this topic in lebanon. this paper aims to provide a description of nutritional status and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in beirut. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in three long stay institutions in beirut in 2012. ...

introduction: the mini nutritional assessment (mna) has been developed to assess malnutrition in elderly  and to filter those who might get benefited from early diagnosis and treatment. the objective of the present study was to examine the nutritional profile of old age hospitalized individuals through the use of the mna in king khalid hospital at hail city of saudi arabia. methods: demographic...

results: most addict patients had a medium level of education. improvement in knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of patients after intervention was observed as follows; decreasing kap in poor level (2.8% vs. 30.6%), (3% vs. 50%), (25% vs. 80.6%), respectively; also, increasing kap in fair level (7% vs. 55.6 %), (15% vs. 15%), (19% vs. 7%), respectively and increasing kap in satisfactory lev...

background and objectives: regarding the high prevalence of unhealthy food habits among iranian children, we aimed to assess the effect of a school-based nutrition education program on nutritional status of primary school students in shiraz. materials and methods: this randomized educational controlled trial was carried out on 221 primary school age children selected by cluster sampling in the ...

background: breast milk is important for the overall well-being of infants. although lactation is relatively robust in the face of poor nutrition, the implication of poor nutrition on non-nutritive factors in breast milk is inconclusive. objective: this study was designed to find associations between nutritional and immune factors in maternal blood and breast milk with the aim to improve the ne...