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Short-term Home-Delivered Meal Intervention and the Health, Nutrition and Functional Status of Hospital-discharged Older Adults
(2008-11-21)
Background: Following discharge from the hospital, homebound older adults remain at risk of poor dietary intake and adverse outcomes due to declines in health experienced during hospitalization. However, once home, timely ...
The Prevalence and Selected Determinants of Overweight and and Obesity Among Children and Adolescent in the City of Al-Ain, UAE
(2008-02-01)
Obesity is a serious epidemic that is increasing rapidly worldwide. Obesity in the UAE is associated with the rapid increase of wealth and the dramatic impact of economic development since the oil boom in the 1930s.
The ...
Dietary Patterns, Metabolic Risk and Survival in Older Adults
(2008-10-28)
Background: Recent evidence suggests that older adults' diets can appreciably impact their health. Dietary patterns may better capture the multifaceted effects of diet on health than individual nutrients or foods.
Objectives: ...
The effect of trifolirhizin and resveratrol on human prostate cells
(2008-11-21)
Trifolirhizin is a potent polycyclic flavonoid with anticarcinogenic effects. The treatment of 25 μM trifolirhizin in human derived prostate cancer LNCaP cells for 6 days decreased cell proliferation by 40%. Higher dosages ...