Nutrition
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We explored whether tactile defensive children have picky eating habits because fussy or picky eaters are a general problem to parents and different health professionals. ⋯ Fussy or picky eaters should evaluated more widely than to treat only the feeding problem. Tactile or oral defensiveness can be treated. This report underlines the team approach of health professionals.
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Studies that link adolescence pregnancies, nutritional status, and birth outcomes in Tanzania are scarce. We examined the nutritional status and birth outcomes of pregnant adolescent girls from rural and urban areas of three regions in Tanzania. ⋯ The nutritional status of pregnant adolescent girls in the study areas was poor and resulted in poor pregnancy outcome. Girls should be educated about reproductive health at the primary level of education.
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Histamine, a derivative of histidine, decreases food intake and body fat by activation of histamine neurons. Our objective was to clarify the effect of dietary histidine, in particular, on food intake and/or body fat accumulation in rats. ⋯ Our results indicate that dietary histidine suppresses food intake and fat accumulation in rats.
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The polymorphism of the gene encoding methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and folic acid nutritional status play important roles in atherosclerosis. The present study investigated the total homocysteine-lowering effect of folic acid in response to the MTHFR genotype in patients who have cardiovascular disease. ⋯ The MTHFR polymorphism may be involved in the total homocysteine-lowering effect of folic acid in patients who have cardiovascular disease.