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Filter by:Mothers and young children in rural Ethiopia lack sufficient nutrition, and a compounding factor is presence of high levels of fluoride (> 5-10 mg/day) affecting body functions. Interventions involving chickens to provide eggs and eggshell (a source of calcium) are one solution. The overall purpose is to examine how increasing dietary calcium by using eggshell powder (ESP) reduces fluoride (F) absorption in women. It is known calcium binds F to prevent its absorption but application of this to a community based study has not been tested. The aim is to provide chickens to produce eggs for young children and to provide ESP to women (mothers). For children, an egg a day should improve growth and nutritional status. For women, the ESP provides calcium to reduce fluorosis and therefore improve function without affecting iron and zinc status. For the women, blood samples will be tested in a subsample for F, calcium, zinc and iron; urine samples will be measured for F, calcium and creatinine (to correct spot urine). Hemoglobin will be measured as an indicator of overall nutritional status in women and children. Nutritional status of young children (6-18 mo) and of their mothers prior and after the intervention (by 6 months) will be assessed. between 6 and 12 month there will be monitoring for sustainability of chilckens in the community; for continued use of egg (in children) and ESP (in women); during this time the control group will receive chickens and also undergo monitoring. The study will take place in the Rift valley of Southern Ethiopia. Identification of the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers on egg consumption will be done at baseline and at the end ("endline"). Caregivers will be instructed to give each child 1 egg (cooked) per day in the intervention, and one "bottle cap" of eggshell powder (1000 mg calcium) per day for themselves. Families receiving chickens will be instructed on cage construction. Throughout the study, any problems arising in keeping chickens will be recorded in order to assess the feasibility and practicality of raising chickens as way to mitigate fluorosis and improve nutritional status.
Individual-participant data analysis of the Global School-Based Student Health Survey and Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children surveys in 57 LMICs between 2003-2013.
Obesity is the 5th leading cause of global death, and is major risk factors for many chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and cancer. Obesity is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure, and it is widely agreed to be a consequence of a gene by environment interaction. Although on average obesity rates are increasing, the shape of the distribution of adiposity is changing: it is becoming more right skewed. This is because there is a population of very lean subjects that has remained almost unchanged by the epidemic. The investigators have called these very lean individuals that are resistant to the epidemic and sustain a BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 'super lean' subjects. We have very little understanding of the lifestyles of these individuals and how they are able to maintain their super lean phenotype, and whether the basis of their leanness is primarily genetics.
Estimation of Changes in Soft Tissues Elasticity in Buttocks in lying down and sitting positions by using ultrasound device. the elasticity of fat and muscle tissues will be measured. May ultrasound exam helps to predict the development of pressure ulcers in buttocks due to continuous sitting.
Young children in Ethiopia lack sufficient protein and micronutrients for growth and development. The overall purpose is to assess the effects of promoting egg and eggshell powder consumption on improving the nutritional status of children 6 to 15 months in Halaba Special Woreda, Southern Ethiopia. The hypothesis is that providing chickens to produce eggs (egg and eggshell) for young children will improve growth in otherwise malnourished young children. Upon providing chickens, the nutritional status of young children prior and after the intervention (by 6 months) will be assessed. Identification of the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers on egg and eggshell powder consumption by their children before and after the intervention in the intervention group will be done. Caregivers will be instructed to give each child 1 egg (cooked) and 1/4 "bottle cap" of eggshell (500 mg calcium) per day in the intervention. Hemoglobin will be measured as an indicator of overall nutritional status. Throughout the study, any problems arising in keeping chickens will be recorded in order to assess the feasibility and practicality of raising chickens as way to improve nutritional status of young children. The study is novel in that investigators are providing a way to have increased protein, increased micronutrients, and use of eggshell as a source of calcium.
Assessment of resting energy expenditure (REE) by indirect calorimetry (IC) in 1400 healthy individuals for arithmetical transformation into an bedside tool to estimate energy requirements in dietary practice (BASAROTs). A multinational, multicenter, prospective cross-sectional study.
Constitutional thinness (CT) is a recently defined entity as a differential diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN), considered to be the most frequent cause of low body mass index (BMI) in young women. CT subjects present no AN psychiatric traits, preserved menses, no biological signs of undernutrition and balanced energy metabolism despite a Body Mass Index (BMI) <17 kg / m². CT familial aggregation, low body mass without a hormonal explanation, and specific appetite regulation profile suggest a specific genetic profile in these subjects. Objective: A family linkage study in order to identify genes involved in the constitutional thinness phenotype by using genome wide scan (GWAS) techniques Studied population: Fifty families including at least one well phenotyped CT index case (grade 2 or 3 of thinness according WHO classification). Blood or saliva is sampled for DNA extraction. Perspectives: Revealing eventual abnormalities could lead to a more precise diagnosis of constitutional thinness and new hypothesis in understanding extreme bodyweight mechanisms.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether alerting primary care providers by email about low values of BMI, HbA1c% or cholesterol will affect treatment and improve overall survival and other health indexes of people older than 75 years.
The aim of this study is to design and evaluate an educational and behavioral intervention focused on improving nutrition and physical activity habits among preschoolers in Cuenca, Ecuador, with the overarching goal of preventing overweight/obesity and promoting the formation of healthy nutrition/physical activity habits.
The purpose of this study is to test whether the provision of ONS to malnourished children across Europe, in addition to standard counselling, will improve weight gain and other outcomes. The hypothesis to be tested is: • Supplementation with ONS in malnourished paediatric patients will lead to increased WFH gain, as well as less malnutrition related complications (e.g. infections). Primary outcome • The change in BMI z-score over the intervention period of 3 months Secondary outcomes • The change in WFH-weight for height (z-scores) over the intervention period of 3 months