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Nutrient Intake during Ramadan in Fasting People Referring to Health Centers in Qom, Iran

Health, Spirituality and Medical Ethics, 2017
Background and Objectives: During Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from sunrise adhaan to sunset adhaan.
Mohammad Hozoori, Azadeh Kohandani, Ali Mohammadi Veldani, Maryam Mirizadeh   +3 more
doaj  

Gender differences and typical nutrition concerns of the diets of preschool children – the results of the first stage of an intervention study

BMC Pediatrics, 2017
Background Nutrition in children has an important influence on health both in childhood and adulthood. Actions aimed at improving children’s nutrition are essential, not only to the children and their families, but also to the whole society.
Sylwia Merkiel-Pawłowska, Wojciech Chalcarz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between Dietary Nutrient Intake and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese Postpartum Women: An Observational Cross-sectional Study

Women, Midwives and Midwifery, 2023
Background: Low dietary nutrient intake may be associated with depressive symptoms. However, few such studies have been conducted among postpartum women and results have been controversial.
Rina Nakajima, Masayo Matsuzaki, Mie Shiraishi, Emi Sasagawa-Tahara, Megumi Haruna   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential for improvement of population diet through reformulation of commonly eaten foods [PDF]

, 2009
Food reformulation: Reformulation of foods is considered one of the key options to achieve population nutrient goals. The compositions of many foods are modified to assist the consumer bring his or her daily diet more in line with dietary recommendations.
Raaij, J.M.A., van, Verhagen, H., Hendriksen, M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Partial depletion of plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 decreases subcutaneous fat cell hypertrophy and liver cholesterol in high‐fat‐fed female mice

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Obesity raises blood levels of PAI‐1, a protein linked to metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease in people with obesity. In female mice fed a high‐fat diet, partially lowering PAI‐1 led to smaller subcutaneous fat cells and lower liver cholesterol, without changing body weight or insulin sensitivity.
Claudia E. Ramirez Bustamante, Robert Sharp, Pradip K. Saha, Elizabeth S. Anaya, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Evelyn L. de Groot, Pooja Patel, Mi Jeong Heo, Aaron R. Cox, Kang Ho Kim, Sean M. Hartig   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of own food production to household dietary diversity and nutrient intake adequacy among refugee households in Palorinya, northwestern Uganda.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundHunger and malnutrition are major global issues particularly in conflict and disaster-affected areas. Own food production has been considered as effective strategy to improve nutrition outcomes.
Martine Asobasi, Saidi Appeli, Peter Omara, Solomon Olum   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selecting informative food items for compiling food-frequency questionnaires: comparison of procedures [PDF]

, 2010
The authors automated the selection of foods in a computer system that compiles and processes tailored FFQ. For the selection of food items, several methods are available.
Ocke, M.C., Vries, J.H.M., de, Duif, N., Veer, P., van 't, Molag, M.L., Dagnelie, P.C., Goldbohm, R.A.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

Flow Enabled Target Capture Halbach‐based magnetic enrichment increases circulating tumor cell capture from blood in metastatic cancer patients

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pair‐wise comparison of the CellSearch and FETCH enrichment technologies for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from metastatic breast, prostate, and small cell lung cancer patients shows an increased capture of CTCs using FETCH enrichment. The clinical implementation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) as a predictive tool for therapy efficacy in the ...
Michiel Stevens, Anouk Mentink, Tom Niessink, Frank Coumans, Leonie Mekenkamp, Ruchi Bansal, Jeroen Hiltermann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circulating microRNA signatures of cachexia and cancer in Canis familiaris as a comparative oncology model for human disease

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of cachexia and sex‐specific cancer in senior dogs. In 25 client‐owned dogs, four circulating miRNAs (miR‐15a, miR‐15b, miR‐16, miR‐140) were downregulated in cachexia, with miR‐16 the strongest individual biomarker (AUC = 0.899).
Soon‐Seok Park, Kyongman An, Gyeonghwa Kim, Soo‐Nyun Choi, Hong‐Ki Lee, Keun Hur, Kyu‐Shik Jeong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source