background: the research to date does not present an articulated approach to ensure nutrition and food systems education is systematically implemented within schools. this paper aimed to investigate food experts’ views of the best strategies to improve school‑leavers’ knowledge of nutrition and food systems. methods: in this qualitative study, 28 iranian food and nutrition experts from four maj...

backgroundthe current study was conducted to investigate the relationship between unwanted pregnancy based on couples’ opinions and infant nutrition type in women referred to the health centers in mashhad city and their husbands.materials and methodsin this analytical-descriptive study, unwanted or wanted progenies were studied from the viewpoints of 366 women referred to the health centers in ...

there is a distinct possibility that phytate negatively influences protein and energy utilisation in poultry and, as these influences would be ameliorated by phytase, there are substantial, practical implications. despite several thousand scientific papers and a rapidly growing market the use of phytase and the importance of phytate in practical poultry nutrition remains an area of some confusi...

chelating is the chemical process by which a mineral (iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, and manganese) is combined with a mixture of amino acids and peptides. the resulting substances are known as chelates. another descriptive term, proteinates, refers to the amino acid bond. these chelated minerals are thought to be more digestible than nonchelated forms. in other words, chelation makes the minerals...

introduction: methylmalonic acidemia (mma) is a metabolic disorder and especial nutritional support has an important role in improvement of growth and development in these patients. case presentation: a 3-month old female infant with known mma was admitted to emergency department of dr sheikh children hospital with primary diagnosis of pneumonia and sepsis .this patient was a full term baby; mm...

background: colorectal cancer is one of the most common gastrointestinal cancers accounting for about 10 percent of cancer-related mortalities. the present study was performed in order to investigate the relationship between nutritional factors and colorectal cancer risk in the population of yazd, iran.   methods: this case-control study was conducted on 60 patients with colorectal cancer and 1...

background: stroke is one of the leading causes of death and certainly the major cause of disability in the world. diet and nutrient has an effective role in prevention and control of the risk of stroke. the aim of this study was to review the studies on the relationship between dietary intake and stroke incidence. methods: in this study, the terms of “fat”, “cholesterol”, “antioxidant”, “vitam...

The dietary component of the Ten-State Nutrition Survey’ (TSNS) was designed to provide a description of food consumption for persons of many ages, including infants and small children 0 to 36 months old and adolescents 10 to 16 years old. Because the overall objective of the TSNS was to describe nutritional status of “groups” as contrasted to “individuals,” the 24-hour recall method was an acc...

OBJECTIVE The National Diet and Nutrition Surveys (NDNS) are a series of government-funded surveys of food intake, nutrient intake and nutritional status of individuals, undertaken to support nutritional policy and risk assessment. This paper summarises a review that considered the extent to which NDNS met the needs of users and suggested options for the future. The Food Standards Agency has si...

Described are the main findings of the first large-scale nutrition monitoring project carried out over a 4-year period in China. The nutritional status of nearly 10,000 preschool children in 18 comparatively poor rural areas in seven provinces was followed each year over the period 1986-89 in order to identify their major nutritional problems and improve their growth and development. Physical m...