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Diet

Your search returns 9 documents

• 1.   Better caring for Muslim patients

  This article discusses how a better understanding of the beliefs of Muslim patients will aid healthcare workers to provide optimal care for them

  

  Abstract:

  An understanding of the beliefs of Muslim patients with aid healthcare workers to provide optimal care for them, writes Dr Abdul Mughees. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  World of Irish Nursing & Midwifery, Vol: 14 Page: 24-25 2006
  A. Mughees

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• 2.   Evaluation of the Nutrition Education at Primary School (NEAPS) programme

  This study aimed to assess the impact and suitability of a pilot dietary educational programme for primary school pupils

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact and suitability of a pilot dietary educational programme for primary school pupils. The Nutrition Education at Primary School (NEAPS) programme aimed to build awareness of the benefits of healthy eating, induce positive behaviour change and increase the children's knowledge. DESIGN: A comparative quasi-experimental study with follow-up after 3 months. more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  dietary educational programme

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Public Health Nutr, Vol: 2 Page: 549-55 December 1999
  S. Friel; C. Kelleher; P. Campbell; G. Nolan

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• 3.   Markers of the validity of reported energy intake

  This article discusses studies in which energy intake was reported and energy expenditure was measured using the doubly labeled water technique

  

  Abstract:

  Energy intake (EI) is the foundation of the diet, because all other nutrients must be provided within the quantity of food needed to fulfill the energy requirement. Thus if total EI is underestimated, it is probable that the intakes of other nutrients are also underestimated. Under conditions of weight stability, EI equals energy expenditure (EE). Because at the group level weight may more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Nutr, Vol: 133 Suppl 3 Page: 895S-920S March 2003
  M. B. Livingstone; A. E. Black

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• 4.   Mothers' dietary patterns during pregnancy and risk of asthma symptoms in children at 3 years

  This study examined maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy influenced general practitioner diagnosis of asthma by the age of 3 years in the Life-ways cohort of children.

  

  Abstract:

  There is increasing evidence that dietary factors in early life play a role in the aetiology of childhood asthma. Our objective in this analysis was to assess whether maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy, as measured by a validated food frequency questionnaire, influenced general practitioner diagnosis of asthma by the age of 3 years in the Life-ways cohort of children. General more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - Maternal dietary patterns and childhood asthma

  Categories:

  maternal dietary patterns and childhood asthma

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 27-32 September 2007
  N. Fitzsimon; U. Fallon; D. O'Mahony; B. G. Loftus; G. Bury; A. W. Murphy; C. C. Kelleher

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• 5.   Self-reported pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index and infant birth-weight

  This study examined the association between maternal characteristics, particularly body mass index (BMI) and infant birth weight in 1048 live infants

  

  Abstract:

  This analysis examines the association between maternal characteristics, particularly body mass index (BMI) and infant birth weight in 1048 live infants. Mean reported pre pregnancy BMI of mothers was 23.74 kg/m2 (SD 4.21). The educational level of the mother's parents was independently associated with maternal BMI, those with higher educated parents having a lower reported BMI (F = more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - Maternal characteristics, particularly body mass index and infant birth weight

  Categories:

  maternal characteristics, particularly body mass index (BMI) and infant birth weight

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 20-3 September 2007
  C. Murrin; A. Segonds-Pichon; U. B. Fallon; F. Hannon; G. Bury; B. G. Loftus; A. W. Murphy; J. J. Morrison; S. Daly; C. C. Kelleher

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• 6.   Take the bait

  This article discusses the importance of omega 3 fats

  

  Abstract:

  With the benefits of omega 3 being pushed from all angles, Sheena Rafferty gives a clear cut account of its role in health. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  World of Irish Nursing & Midwifery, Vol: 15 Page: 58-59 2007
  S. Rafferty

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• 7.   The intellectual abilities of early-treated individuals with pyridoxine-nonresponsive homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency

  The aim of the study was to examine the intellectual abilities of early-treated individuals with pyridoxine-nonresponsive homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency

  

  Abstract:

  The pathological sequelae of untreated homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency include ectopia lentis, osteoporosis, thromboembolic events and mental retardation. They occur at a significantly higher rate with poorer mental capabilities (mean IQ = 57) in the untreated pyridoxine-nonresponsive individuals. The mental capabilities of 23 pyridoxine-nonresponsive more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Mental retardation - intellectual abilities

  Categories:

  intellectual abilities

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Inherit Metab Dis, Vol: 24 Page: 437-47 August 2001
  S. Yap; H. Rushe; P. M. Howard; E. R. Naughten

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• 8.   The need for an obesity taskforce

  This article discusses the need for an obesity taskforce

  

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Medical Journal, Vol: 94 Page: 68%N 3 2001
  J. F. A. Murphy

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• 9.   Tracking of nutrient intakes in adolescence: the experiences of the Young Hearts Project, Northern Ireland

  This study examined the tracking of energy and nutrient intakes, assessed by diet history, in a random sample of adolescents (boys n 225, girls n 230) at baseline (age 12 years), and subsequently at age 15 years.

  

  Abstract:

  This study evaluated the tracking of energy and nutrient intakes, assessed by diet history, in a random sample of adolescents (boys n 225, girls n 230) at baseline (age 12 years), and subsequently at age 15 years. Median energy (MJ/d) and macronutrient (g/d) intakes increased significantly (all P < 0.001) with increasing age in the boys. The girls' reported energy intake (MJ/d) remained more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - Energy and nutrient intakes

  Categories:

  energy and nutrient intakes

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Nutr, Vol: 84 Page: 541-8 October 2000
  P. J. Robson; A. M. Gallagher; M. B. Livingstone; G. W. Cran; J. J. Strain; J. M. Savage; C. A. Boreham

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