Background: The Indian plant root Salacia reticulata, which is rich in alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, is used for metabolic disorders in Ayurvedic medicine. Vitamin D3 is also used in the treatment of some metabolic diseases. Our goal was to determine its ...
Objective: Obesity has been associated with vitamin D deficiency and increased oxidative stress, which can lead to the dysregulation of adipokines and inflammation. The aim of the present work was to examine the association of vitamin D status [25(OH)D] ...
Abstract. Aim: To assess the association of breakfast skipping with overweight and obesity among children in Albania, a post-communist country in the Western Balkans, which is undergoing a long ...
Abstract.The aim of this review was to determine the association between carotenoid status and body composition in children 2 – 18 years of age. Obesity is often related to poor dietary habits and lower fruit and ...
Abstract. Nowadays, overweight and obesity are major epidemic health problems that can bring about some other health issues such as cardiovascular disease which is the first cause of mortality worldwide. Thylakoids are disc-like membranes responsible for ...
Abstract.Background: The aim of this study was to assess the effects of supplementation with flaxseed on anthropometric measurements, lipid profile, insulin resistance, and inflammatory biomarkers in overweight and obese adults.Methods: ...
Obesity is common among adolescents and is associated with a number of medical complications. As maladaptive emotional processing is assumed to influence obesity, this research investigated emotional openness (EO), a general model of emotional processing, ...
Survey of disordered eating and behaviour in children and adolescentsSummary:Objective: To study in children and adolescents associations between body mass index and psychosocial problems including those typical for eating disorders. Method: 1057 pupils ...
Parental assessment of children’s eating behaviors with a short form of the Anorectic Behavior Observation ScaleObjective: To determine whether the Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale (ABOS) originally developed for clinical purposes can be used in ...
Development and prevention of eating disorders and obesity among children and adolecentsAbstract. Eating disorders (EDs) and obesity constitute important health disorders, which may result in severe and persistent ...