Nutrition
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The indirect calorimetry in very low birth weight preterm infants: An easier and reliable procedure.
Preterm infants are at increased risk of developing extrauterine growth restriction, which is associated with worse health outcomes. The energy needs are not well known, as the measurement of resting energy expenditure (REE) using indirect calorimetry has critical issues when applied to infants. One of the main issues is the time required to obtain reliable data owing to the difficulty in keeping infants quiet during the entire examination. Thus, the aim of this study was to define the minimum duration of calorimetry to obtain reliable data. ⋯ Twenty consecutive minutes in steady state condition are sufficient to obtain reliable data on REE in stable, very low birth weight infants.
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The aim of this study was to investigate association between consumption of camel milk (CaM) and childhood anemia. ⋯ CaM consumption was associated with lower prevalence of anemia compared with consumption of BM. Promoting use of CaM as complementary food for preschool children in pastoralist areas might be considered an intervention toward reducing anemia.
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Parents' lifestyle and nutrition can program offspring obesity in adulthood. We hypothesized that maternal swimming has beneficial effects on the adversity caused by paternal obesity on offspring. ⋯ Obese fathers produced offspring that were overweight and had altered fasting glycemia and insulin sensitivity, leading to higher liver lipogenesis and inflammation, as well as lower beta-oxidation. The swimming mother mitigated these adverse effects in mice offspring.