European journal of clinical nutrition
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To describe infant feeding practices in rural Senegal in relation to age and nutritional status. The main hypothesis to be tested was whether mothers modulate feeding in response to growth and nutritional status of their infants. ⋯ Mothers preferentially fed gruel to small, thin infants.
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Near infra-red interactance (NIRI) has been used for assessment of total body fatness, but its relationship with composition at the measurement site is not clear. This study examines the relationship of interactance with subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscle thickness as well as total body fat content. ⋯ NIRI performed no better than skinfolds in assessment of either subcutaneous or total body fat.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Postprandial lipoprotein lipase, insulin and gastric inhibitory polypeptide responses to test meals of different fatty acid composition: comparison of saturated, n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
The present study was carried out to investigate effects of meals, rich in either saturated fatty acids (SFA), or n-6 or n-3 fatty acids, on postprandial plasma lipid and hormone concentrations as well as post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity. ⋯ We conclude that fish oils can decrease postprandial plasma TAG levels partly through an increase in post-heparin LPL activity, which however, is not due to increased GIP or insulin concentrations.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Digestion and absorption of sorbitol, maltitol and isomalt from the small bowel. A study in ileostomy subjects.
To quantify small bowel digestion and absorption of sorbitol, isomalt and maltitol in ileostomy patients and estimate the metabolizable energy. ⋯ These results indicate that sorbitol, maltitol and isomalt are rather extensively absorbed, but the digestibility of the other nutrients is also reduced, due to the osmotic load caused by the polyols in the small intestine. There are evidences of a dose dependency of the energy value of the polyols.