Review of Literature Health awareness is a growing concern among Americans, where over two-thirds of the country’s adults are overweight and obese (Ogden et al., 2014). With obesity being a condition of excess body fat and having a negative impact on an individual, often being linked to other diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and insulin resistance people everywhere are seeking to cure or prevent obesity in their own lives. Obesity is often attributed to the excessive intake of calories
Literature Review The Introduction to the Literature Review: The following review of literature confirms that understanding the knowledge base of diabetic patients and barriers to their adherence to self-care management will improve the quality of life for diabetic patients living in some African countries. Specifically, countries like Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The researcher performed a systematic literature review of articles from electronic databases such as CINAHL, PubMed, and
Introduction In the era of globalization, people’s life style changed in various ways. Physical work decreases and they live in sedative life style. There is also change in diet habit like fast food, ready to eat food, fasting, and excessive use of fertilizer on crop etc effect on diet habit. So, it bad effect on GI tract and finally effect on Bowel habit and Anal region. And due to this increases anorectal disease and effect on people’s normal life. The best surgeon is who can distinguish
A STUDY ON CONSUMERS’ PERCEPTION OF AERATED DRINKS Neha Rewale ABSTRACT The major constituent of our body is filled with liquid fluid and it is a very essential requirement and needs to be fulfilled. In modern life there are different kinds of soft drinks available in market such as carbonated drinks, juices, milk products and fruit drinks. This study will help the company to get extensive knowledge about the consumer’s perception about the aerated drinks and can thus plan out their strategies
more related to their environment. Water supply provides large amounts of Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Manganese and copper to the hair. Other influences include, diet, air pollution and metabolic imbalances [33]. Transition metals on hair can be internal and external. Copper and few other elements are reliable indicators of consumption through diet [34] but Iron and calcium are obtained by external influences. Therefore, iron and calcium are more readily said to be thrown off balance than Copper. The two
Nowadays, aquaculture is one of the fastest increasing food production sector and a progressively significant option in animal protein sources in the world (Ashraf et al., 2012). Although, fish is considered as an significant protein source in human diet. Over the previous decade, the portions of per capita
Most of the studies in this review revealed the positive effects of green tea catechin extracts and their significant benefits on weight loss. Most of the reviewed studies concluded that there is a probable benefit of green tea, when combined with other agents that aid the oxidation of fat, in relation to weight loss and the prevention of lifestyle diseases, such as obesity and overweight. Even though most of the research studies about the effects of green tea rich in catechins were conclusive in
recommended 40-47kcal/kg body weight for females age 11-18, which was significant (p=0.047). Forty-eight percent of the participants reported that they were on self-prescribed diets, whose energy deficits were greater (-635 kcal) than those who were non dieters (-218 kcal). In addition, for those who were on self-prescribed diets, their energy intake from fat was less than non-dieters, (25g/day vs 39g/day, p<0.05). The authors discussed that in this study, BMD may have been compromised by low energy
whereas equal ratio of male and female regarded hard stools (43%), straining during bowel motion (24%), and Pain during defecation (23%) as representing constipation (WGO, 2010). There are many causes of colonic slow transit constipation which comprise diet, hormonal disorders such as hypothyroidism, side effects of drugs, and rarely heavy metal toxicity. Since constipation is a symptom, not a disease, actual handling for constipation may necessitate first defining the reason (Andromanakos et al.,
be due to under-nutrition or over-nutrition. The present review assesses the data available on under-nutrition and also throws a light on the management strategies applied to culminate this serious threat to the country. The data collected so far from various surveys, UNICEF report and WHO report suggests that despite repeated measures taken to reduce the malnutrition, the goal of reducing malnutrition still persists. According to literature the worst affected region due to under-nutrition is South