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Food and Nutrition Sciences (FNS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in related areas. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of food and nut…
Caitlin Dow, Betsy C. Wertheim, Elizabeth Pivonka, Cynthia Thomson
Previous evidence indicates that a child’s body mass index (BMI) and eating behaviors are often related to the BMI and eating behaviors of his/her parents. Additionally, there is evidence suggesting that fruit and vegetable intake may impart weight control be…
Onladda Juajun, Leo Vanhanen, Chancherdchai Sangketkit, Geoffrey Savage
Total and soluble oxalate content levels were measured in thirteen selected vegetables purchased from a local market in Surin Province in the northeast of Thailand. Total oxalate contents of the leaves, shoots and roots of the fresh vegetables ranged from 249…
Annechen Bahr Bugge, Randi Lavik
The theme of this study is eating and drinking patterns for products of which the health authorities want the Norwegian people to reduce their consumption. Although consumption development has shown positive trends over the past few years, Norwegians still ha…
Krista Mendlik, Julie A. Albrecht, Marilynn Schnepf
Human gastrointestinal health may be improved by the consumption of prebiotic food ingredients such as fructooligo-fructoses. A study was initiated to determine the effect of fructooligofructoses of different chain lengths on gastrointes-tinal parameters. Nin…
Shirley Kuhnen, Paulo Fernando Dias, Juliana Bernardi Ogliari, Marcelo Maraschin
The carotenoid composition of the silk tissue of Zea mays (L.) has not been investigated despite its large occurrence in maize grains. For the purpose of evaluating maize silk as a source of carotenoids, samples from eight landraces developed and cultivated i…
Man-Yau Ho, Yu-Hsuan Yen, Hsiang-Yin Chen, Shu-Chen Chien, Mao-Chih Hsieh, Yao-Shun Yang
Objective: Very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) preterm infants are at risk of growth delay if they do not receive adequate nutritional support. This study evaluated the effect of aggressive early high-dose amino acid infusion plus early enteral trophic feeding on gr…
Tamègnon Victorien Dougnon, Honoré Sourou Bankolé, Roch Christian Johnson, Jean Robert Klotoé, Godfried Dougnon, Fernand Gbaguidi, Fidèle Assogba, Joachim Gbénou, Salifou Sahidou, Jean-Marc Atègbo, Bertrand Henri Rhin, Frédéric Loko, Michel Boko, Aléodjrodo Patrick Edorh
Vegetables are very important sources of protein and minerals. Some of them even have medicinal properties recognized traditionally. Despite the large number of studies carried out on various vegetables and vegetable crops, very few have scientifically explor…
Huihua Zhen, Hui Chen, Zhenle Tian, Zhicai Zhang
That FeSO 4 not FeCl 3 can reduce the blood glucose levels of alloxan-induced diabetes mice has been reported in previ ous research. This study explained the cause of difference in activity of two different iron ions on diabetic mice based on glucose consumpt…
Gurpreet Kaur, Kiran Bains, Harpreet Kaur
Age related changes in body composition are associated with long term dietary intake profiles. Age related increase in body fat is primarily attributed to decline in physical activity and basal metabolic rate as well as dietary intake. The study was designed…
Shelly N. Hester, Sharon M. Donovan
Nucleotides (NT) and human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) individually affect epithelial cell growth, but their combined effects had not been studied. Herein, the impact of NT and HMO on cell proliferation, apoptosis, necrosis and cell cycle in the fetal epithel…
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