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Review
[Nordic nutrition recommendations 2023 on diet for health and environment estimated for children].
Nordic nutrition recommendations 2023 (NNR2023) advised for the first time certain amounts of foods from food-groups based on scientific data on healthy and environment-friendly diet. The food-based-dietary-guidelines are intended for adults and children above age two, but children's energy requirement and intake are lower than those of adults. In this review, reference amounts of food from different food-groups are calculated for children to align with the combination recommended for adults in NNR2023. ⋯ The median of meat intake was higher than advised maximum intake of red meat for pre-schoolers and adolescents. Pre-schoolers had high fish intake, while older children, especially adolescent girls, had a lower intake. New studies on children's diet are needed in Iceland to analyse their diet today.
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Medical treatment for termination of pregnancy in the first trimester of pregnancy was first introduced in 2006 at Landspitali. This new method, which replaced surgery, slowly gained ground and now most abortions in Iceland are medically induced. It is therefore appropriate to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of this method. Two medications are administrated during medical termination of pregnancy, mifepristone (anti-gestagen) and misoprostol (prostaglandin). ⋯ The incidence of complications after medical termination of pregnancy is comparable to what has been observed in other Nordic countries. Despite a higher risk of incomplete abortion when drugs are used, the benefit of medical therapy over surgery is significant.
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Migraine is a neurological disorder that is characterized by severe headaches and temporary motor and sensory disturbances. Migraine triggers are internal or external factors that can increase the likelihood of a migraine attack. Some individuals with migraine associate their attacks with the consumption of certain types of food, but no have been conducted in Iceland. The aim of the study was to estimate the proportion of individuals with migraine in Iceland who associate their symptoms with consuming certain types of food. ⋯ Food seems to be a common migraine trigger, and the main food-related triggers were similar to those reported in other studies. However, previous studies have not shown liquorice as a common food trigger for migraines, and smoked meat was found to be a more common trigger than seen in other studies.