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L. Payahoo, B. Alipoor, J. Baghdadchi,
Volume 1, Issue 2 (3-2012)
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Background: Cancer is chronic disease that its prevalence is growing in recent years. Genetics and environmental factors such as energy balance and nutritional habits are involved in its incidence. The nutrition plays an important role in prevention and incidence of cancer due to protective and harmful factors, respectively. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of medical sciences students regarding the role of nutrition in prevention or incidence of cancer in Tabriz University. Methods: This Cross- sectional study conducted on 565 (219 male and 346 Female) senior students of medical sciences. A self-administered questionnaire with two part completed by students. the one was about the demographic characteristics (age, gender, course, level of education, passing nutrition unit through the school and source of nutritional information) and the other one with 22 closed and open questions was about nutritional knowledge. Data analyzed by using descriptive statistics and presented as frequency and percent. Assessment of relationship between nutritional knowledge and demographic variable were used the Pearson correlation and ANOVA. Results: About 13% of students had low level of nutritional knowledge and 41% and 45.6% had acceptable and high level of knowledge, respectively. Relationship between course, level of education, passing nutrition unit through the school and source of nutritional information of students with nutritional knowledge were statistically significant and with age and gender were no statistically significant relationship. Conclusion: Nutritional factors had important role in incidence of cancer and individual knowledge in this regard is important. In our study, medical knowledge of students, as future provider of health information hadn´t adequate level, so using of efficient co-educational materials for increasing their knowledge may be beneficial.
1 A. Heshmati, 2 S.s. Hakim, 3 A.a. Safari, 4 A. Afshar, 5 Kh. Amini, 6 N. Rabi, 7 E. Nasiri,
Volume 3, Issue 3 (8-2014)
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Background: Based on current rules of country, the use of artificial colors in traditional ice cream production and nut processing is not allowed. Because of the attractiveness that artificial colors in this product make, their use is being increasing. Therefore, it's necessary and important to control these products. Methods: The research was conducted in two separate studies. In a study, 163 samples of traditional ice cream and in other study, pistachio, Indian walnut, pumpkin seed, sunflower seed and Japanese seed, 28 examples of each, were collected from the supply surface of Karaj city. Samples were analyzed for color determination. After color extraction by acetic acid, ammonia and wool, color identification done by TLC. Results: from samples of pistachio, Indian walnut, pumpkin seed, sunflower seed and Japanese seed surveyed, 35.7%, 39.3%, 27.2% and 21.4%, contained artificial colors, respectively. From 163 ice cream samples examined, 57 samples (34.97%) contained artificial color and 106 samples (65.03) had natural color. The most applied color in analyzed ice cream and nut was Carmoisin and quinolein, respectively. Conclusion: according to study results, 25% of nuts and 35% of traditional ice cream contained artificial color. Because artificial color gives attractive and favorite apparent to product and information lack of supplier from color side-effect, trend for their applications likely being increased. It’s suggested to control these products and to punish legally violating units.
1 M. Pourghaderi, 2 A. Afshar, 3 S.s. Hakim, 4 A.a. Safari, 5 R. Tajbakhsh, 6 A.a. Karimi,
Volume 4, Issue 1 (1-2015)
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Background: Protein-energy malnutrition is one of the most complicated, multifactorial and prevalent phenomenon in hemodialysis patients and is directly related to increased mortality in this patients. This research conducted for assessment of nutritional indicators and some related factors in hemodialysis patients referred to hospitals covered by Alborz University of medical science in summer 91. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 210 hemodialysis patients. Anthropometry indicators (BMI, TSF, MAMC and MAC), biochemical parameters (albumin and creatinin), protein and energy intake was measured with 24-hour recall. FP ΙΙ and SPSS (version 12) was used for analysis of data. Results: On the base of results insufficiency of energy and protein intake in this patients was reported very high (respectively 93.8% and 82.8%). Also depletion of fat and structural protein storage was reported 38.2% and 84.5% respectively in these patients. Malnutrition on the base of MAMC was high in men (P=0.04) and on the base of TSF in women (P= 0.001) significantly. Relation of age with anthropometry indicators and albumin was also significant. Conclusion: Malnutrition is prevalent and severe problem in hemodialysis patients. Comprehensive and continues assessment of nutritional states of these patients and reflection of results for education and facility of servicing are recommended.
M. Asadi Shavaki, L. Salehi,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (12-2016)
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Backgrounds and Objective:Vitamin D and calcium are two important factors for maintaining health and the elderlyrequires to these factors is more than other age groups. Calcium and vitamin D deficiency can cause many problems for humans. The present study aimed to determine the daily intake of calcium and vitamin D in the elderly of Karaj city.
Materials and Method: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted in health centers of Karaj city in 2014. The valid questionnaire was used for data collecting from elderly ≥ 60 years (N=286). Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 19) and the descriptive - analytical tests.
Results:52/4% of the participants in this study were female and 47/6% were male. Minimum & maximum age was 60 & 87 years. 51/4 % of them were uneducated or illiterate. The majority of women were housekeeper & the majority of men were retired or workless. The averageof daily intake of calcium and vitamin D were 577/12 mg and 27/18 IU. As sunlight use 20.2% were in undesirable condition. A significant relationship was between gender & job of participants with sunshine using (P<0/05).
Conclusion: According to the results it's obvious that nutritional status and lifestyle of elderly in Karaj city (about calcium and vitamin D intake and use of sunlight) was in undesirable condition. Soit is suggested that effective strategies be taken to improve this situation.
Nader Nori Majelan, Hamideh Shajari, Nasrollah Bashardost, Ahmad Shajari, Maryam Sadat Moddarresi,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (1-2018)
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Introduction: Peritoneal dialysis is one of the most efficient treatment in ESRD. Peritoneal sclerosis and malnutrition are side effects of peritoneal dialysis. Cancer antigen 125(CA125) is made by peritoneal mesothelial cells and increases during peritoneal inflammation. Peritoneal biopsy s an invasive method using for diagnosis of peritoneal sclerosis but serum CA125 is a noninvasive method used for prediction of peritoneal dialysis recently. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum CA125 with peritoneal function and malnutrition parameters.
Materials and Methods: This cross- sectional study was carried out in Yazd 2014. A total of 50 peritoneal dialysis patients were selected by convenience sampling. A questionnaire consists of malnutrition and peritoneal functional parameters and demographic characteristics of patents was completed. SPSS version 20 and T test. Anova, chi -square and logistic regression tests used for data analysis.
Results: In this study, there was a direct association between serum CA125 and serum triglyceride, LDL and invers more association between CA125 and serum albumin but there was no association between CA125 and peritoneal function parameters.
Mohmmmad Golshan Tafti, Fatemeh Dehshiri,
Volume 8, Issue 2 (5-2019)
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Introduction: ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a neuro-behavioral syndrome that is characterized by a lack of attention, irritability, high activity, distressed behaviors, especially in boys.
Materials and Methods: A cohort study was conducted on 120 children aged 6 years. 60 children with low birth weight (less than 2500 g) as exposed group and 60 children with birth weight more than 3000 g as non-cohort Exposure to information collection was collected through a questionnaire distributed to families. At the end of the study, the relative frequency of hyperactivity and attention deficit disorders in low birth weight children was investigated
Results: The relative frequency of composite ADHD in the exposed group was 26/7% and in the non-exposed group was 18/3% (P-value: 0/274). The mean ADHD of the compound type in the exposure group was 5/060 and in the non-exposed group was 3/400 (P value: 0/033). In this study, the relative frequency of composite ADHD in terms of sex, feeding during infancy and birth was considered. The results showed that the p value was not significantly different, but probably not due to the quantitative size of the sample.
Conclusion: Relative frequency of composite ADHD in children with low birth weight was 26/7%, but this level was not statistically significant, ie, ADHD is not associated with low birth weight. But in terms of medicine, this relative frequency is almost 1/5 times higher than the non-exposed group.
Reza Sameni, Atefeh Eslami, Afshin Afshar, Jalal Ghafarzade,
Volume 10, Issue 3 (9-2021)
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Objective: Food product labels are one of the most important factors in health promotion and public hygiene by giving the right to choose a healthy product according to the physical conditions of the people of the society, and it will help consumers when buying the product.
Methods: According to the obligations imposed by Iran food and drug administration about the insertion of the nutritional color marker in the food labels (traffic lights nutrition information), in this study, the knowledge and attitude of consumers about the color-coded nutrition labels in food and drink products were evaluated through filling the questionnaire using 912 consumers in 15 food stores in Karaj county.
Results: The results showed that about 28% of individuals have used traffic lights nutrition information so far. In addition, education level had a significant and direct relation to the use of the color indicator, but age and gender did not show any significant effect on it. The results also revealed that the most important resource for the acquisition of nutritional information is the internet and social networks. The most important factor that consumers paid attention during the purchase of foodstuffs was the date of production and expiry, which included about 70% of the participants.
Conclusion: the results of this study indicate that the people of the community are interested in their choice of nutritional items, but information and knowledge in this field are not sufficient and it is necessary to continue through the responsible organizations as well as mass media.
Hajar Tavakoli, Fateme Ghasemi Madain, Laden Khiabani, Mehrdad Amiri, Nilufar Yadgari, Atefeh Fallahnejad, Parveen Mahboobian, Zahra Sadeghi, Farnaz Sepandar,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (12-2023)
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Background: Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are the most important epidemic disorders in the world. In the last two decades, the elimination of IDD has been considered as an integral part of many national nutrition strategies. The aim of current research was to determine the urinary iodine and its related factors in elementary students of Alborz province.
Methods: In a cross sectional study 240 students of both genders, aged from 8-10 years were selected from urban and rural area of Alborz province were selected by cluster sampling method. Participants' urine was collected, and urinary iodine was measured. Information on nutrients intake was collected by a 24-hour feed recall method. Questionnaires on general data and anthropometric measurements (height, weight, BMI) were performed by a nutritionist. Significance level (p value <0.05) was considered.
Results: Of 240 participants, including 118 girls and 110 men, only 37% were in normal condition. 20% of students had iodine deficiency and 43% had excessive urinary iodine. The mean urinary iodine was not significantly different between the two groups. There was a weak but significant relationship between time of cooking and mean urinary iodine. Correlation between BMI and mean urinary iodine showed a weak negative correlation, which was statistically significant (p <0.02).
Conclusion: The prevalence of iodine-related disorders (high and iodine deficiency) has increased in recent years in Alborz province. Modification of iodine salt consumption pattern and BMI seems to be effective in reducing disorders.
