Zeytin ağacı ( Olea europea , L.) Dünyanın bilinen en eski meyve ağaçlarındandır. Akdeniz uygarlığının sembolü olan zeytin ağacı, tarih boyunca bu bölgede kurulan tüm uygarlıkların da temelini oluşturmuştur. Besin değeri oldukça yüksek olan zeytin, bu özelliğiyle insan sağlığına…
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Tohum tarımsal üretimin ilk maddesi ve gıda zincirinin ilk halkası olarak yaşamsal bir öneme sahip olmanın yanında, ilk keşfinden günümüze değin ehlileştirilip evcilleştirilen, ıslah edilip çeşitlendirilen, korunup saklanan ve kuşaktan kuşağa aktarılan tüm insanlığa ait biyoloji…
The role of the early life social and maternal environments in the production of health inequalities was widely documented in the past few decades but the underlying mechanisms were often subject to suboptimal analytic practices. The developmental origins of health and disease (…
For Clement of Alexandria, the goal of the Christian life is to advance in the comprehension of God and to be initiated into the divine mysteries. Clement devotes significant attention to diet in the Paedagogus because he believes that the body and soul coexist in a symbiotic re…
Childhood stunting remains a significant public health challenge with adverse developmental and health outcomes in life and over generations. Efficacious dietary interventions have not achieved full linear growth in height deficient children. This dissertation explores novel cau…
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM), evidenced by severe wasting and/or edema, reflects recent illness and nutrient deficits and is the cause of one to two million preventable child deaths each year. Recent advances in the treatment of SAM have enabled severely wasted children to re…
The purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate infant feeding practices including breastfeeding duration, introduction of complementary foods, breastfeeding practices and beliefs, and the relationships of those factors with mothers' and infants' nutritional status. Specific Ai…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan is facing a rapid rise in non-communicable diseases associated with lifestyle changes in urban cities. Nutrition and diet are key components of lifestyle modification factors that can help prevent and reduce the disease …
Improving vitamin D status in pregnant women in South Asia may reduce the risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality. To inform the design of antenatal vitamin D trials to test these hypotheses, pharmacokinetic and safety studies were conducted to characterize the effect of vitami…
The United States is home to millions of citizens who participate and adhere to many different religions and there is currently a paucity of literature regarding the relationship between religiosity and nutritional status of these religious groups. The purpose of this study was …
The growth-inhibitory effect of saw palmetto supplements (SPS) with high long-chain fatty acids (FA)-low phytosterols (HLLP), high long-chain FA-high phytosterols (HLHP), and high medium-chain FA-low phytosterols (HMLP) was determined using androgen-sensitive LNCaP prostate canc…
Background. The overall objective of this thesis was to evaluate the growth pattern and identify risk factors for growth failure among untreated HIV-infected Zimbabwean children followed from birth to 24 months of age, and to evaluate the association between early infant feeding…
Vitamin D (VTD) status is lower in ethnic minorities compared to White Canadians, but this has not been studied in children under 6 y of age. Therefore, the objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of VTD insufficiency and to identify explanatory variables for 502 …
Homocysteine is a risk factor for vascular disease, though the mechanism by which homocysteine contributes to vascular disease has not been definitively established. Recent studies suggest that elevated blood levels of homocysteine cause endothelial injury. High levels of homocy…
Introduction: Antepartum depressive symptoms (ADS) or antepartum depression (AD), anemia in pregnancy (AP) and low and high body mass index (BMI) during pregnancy have adverse consequences not only for the woman herself but also for the child and family. Understanding the preval…
This dissertation contains three essays on development economics, addressing trade liberalization and inequality in Brazil, a large-scale child health intervention in Indonesia, and conceptual and methodological aspects of measuring household economic well-being. The three consi…
This study is an analysis of the cultural influences that affect the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among Muslim women from sun-rich countries, who now reside in Southern Illinois. Previous studies examine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among this population, while n…
To study if there is any association of caffeine with mortality secondary to cardiovascular disease in survivors of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, we used the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Linked Mortality File. Out of 1083 survivors of s…
Consumption of dietary saturated fats are a much debated topic of human nutrition and traditional recommendations have urged consumers to "avoid consuming saturated fat sources, such as butter and beef, to lower ones' risk of developing heart disease." Emerging evidence however …