Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism - Volume 6, issue 1

Authors: Maddah, Mohsen | Shoyooie, Razieh | Akbarian, Zahra | RostamNejad, Maryam | Soleymani, Mehdi

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate dietary supplement use among Iranian adults in northern Iran. A cross-sectional study was undertaken on randomly selected men and women in Guilan province, northern Iran. The study population was parents of children and adolescents studying in schools. Totally, 1,425 women and 676 men were studied and data on age, body weight, height, educational level, and supplement use was gathered using a self-administrated questionnaire. These data showed that supplement use was related to sex, body mass index, and educational levels in both sexes. Most common supplements used in this population were Iron, calcium, multivitamin/multiminerals and fish …oils. These results showed that 13.3, 3.4, 2.2, and 1.1 % of the study men used iron, calcium, multivitamin/multimineral, and fish oil, respectively. In women, 27.1, 10.7, 5.1, and 5.5 % used Iron, calcium, multivitamin/multimineral, and fish oil, respectively. More educated men and women and those with more healthy weight were more likely to use any dietary supplement than the less educated and overweight/obese men and women. This study showed that iron was the most common dietary supplement in this study middle aged Iranians. Using the other supplements was mostly related to age, educational level, and body weight status in this population. These data indicated that dietary supplement use was inversely related to some health-related behaviors and socioeconomic factors. Show more

Keywords: Educational levels, Dietary supplement, Iran, Iron, Calcium, Fish oils, Multivitamin and multiminerals

DOI: 10.3233/s12349-012-0111-1

Citation: Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 69-72, 2013

Authors: El Hamdouchi, Asmaa | El Kari, Khalid | Rjimati, El Arbi | El Mzibri, Mohammed | Mokhtar, Najat | Aguenaou, Hassan

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) after a wheat flour fortification program with electrolytic elemental iron in Morocco. Two surveys were conducted after introduction of fortified wheat flour. The target population was women aged 15–49 years and preschool children aged between 2 and 5 years. A total of 1,258 and 1,237 children aged between 2 and 5 years, and 1,497 and 1,537 women of childbearing age have been involved, respectively, in the first and second investigation using a sentinel system. Ferritin and C-reactive-protein analyses were determined in a sub-sample of 268 …and 130 women who were selected in May 2006 and January 2008, respectively and, in a subsample of 146 and 201 preschool children who were recruited in May 2006 and January 2008, respectively. The prevalence of anaemia in women was 31.5 and 33.3 % in May 2006 and January 2008, respectively. The prevalence of IDA was 63.9 and 59.1 % in May 2006 and January 2008, respectively. The prevalence of anaemia among preschool children was 47.8 and 37.5 % in May 2006 and January 2008, respectively. The prevalence of IDA in preschool children was 16.7 and 16 % in May 2006 and January 2008, respectively. The flour fortification programme with electrolytic elemental iron in Morocco had no apparent beneficial effect on the prevalence of IDA among women of childbearing age and preschool children. Show more

Keywords: Effectiveness, Anaemia, Iron deficiency anaemia, Preschool children, Women of childbearing age

DOI: 10.3233/s12349-012-0113-z

Citation: Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 73-78, 2013

Authors: Fabbricatore, Mariantonietta | Imperatori, Claudio | Contardi, Anna | Tamburello, Antonino | Innamorati, Marco

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate the association between food craving and lifetime number of weight-loss attempts, as a proxy index of difficulties in weight-loss maintenance. The participants were 100 adult out-patients with BMI ≥ 25 admitted at three medical centers for the treatment of obesity and excess weight in Rome (Italy). The patients were administered the State and Trait Food Cravings Questionnaire, trait version (FCQ-T). The patients with five or more weight loss episodes (compared to those with four treatments or less) differed in all the dimensions of the FCQ-T. Food craving is associated with more difficulties …in weight-loss maintenance after weight-loss interventions. Show more

Keywords: Obesity, Food craving, Relapses, Weight-loss attempts

DOI: 10.3233/s12349-012-0115-x

Citation: Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 79-83, 2013