The Relationship Of Under-Five Obesity Level With Maternal Education, Employment Status And Breastfeeding Rates In Turkey

Aim: In this longitudinal study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between childhood obesity level and maternal education, employment status and breastfeeding rates inTurkey.Materials and Methods: According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank (WB) Country Reports,Turkey's childhood obesity rate (COR), Women's Working Rate with Basic Education (WWRBE), Secondary Education Women's Working Rate (SEWWR), Women's Working Rate (WWR) and Six-Month Breastfeeding Rates (SMBR) parameters were used. The most recent values from the WHO and WB datasets, WWR and SMBR parameters between 1993 and 2020; For WWRBE and SEWWR parameters, values between 2006 and 2020 were used.Results: The UFOR value forTurkey ranged from 3.80% to 11.10% between 1993 and 2020, with a mean value of 7.55±2.82 percent. Between the same years, its value forTurkey ranged from 23.07% to 34.31% with a mean value of 28.57±3.35 percent. There was a statistically significant and positive relationship between the obesity rate under the age of five and breastfeeding rates for six months (0.844; p<0.01); There was a statistically significant and negative relationship (r=-0.695; p<0.01) with birth rates. In the year-controlled correlation analysis, there was a statistically significant and negative correlation between childhood obesity and birth rates (r=-0.605; p<0.05). According to the results of the Generalized Linear Model (Logit Model) analysis, the effect of six-month breastfeeding rate on obesity rates under the age of five is statistically significant (B=0.11; p<0.01).Conclusion: Mother's education or employment status in Turkey is not effective on obesity under the age of five. In fact, further studies are needed on these parameters, which may be the most effective in combating obesity under the age of five

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Amaç Bu çalışmanın amacı retroperitoneal bölgede Seprafilm kullanımının postoperatif adezyon üzerine etkisini göstermektir Yöntem Çalışmada test hayvanı olarak 4 5 aylık, erkek Spraque Dawley 200 250 gr ağırlığında 40 adet sıçan kullanıldı Sıçanlar üç gruba ayrıldı Çalışma grubu ( 15 üreter ve retroperitoneal girişli böbrek diseksiyonu sonrası üreter ve böbrek çevresine Seprafilm uygulanan grup olarak belirlendi Kontrol grubu ( 15 retroperitoneal yaklaşımla üreter ve böbrek diseksiyonu yapılan grup olarak belirlendi Sham grubu ( 10 sol lumbotomi insizyonu sonrası ek uygulama yapılmadan kapatılacak şekilde düzenlendi Alınan örneklerde fibrozis histiositik infiltrasyon yağ nekrozu ve inflamatuar infiltrasyon çeşitli büyütmelerde incelendi Bulgular Histiositik infiltrasyon düzeyi çalışma grubunda, kontrol ve Sham grubundan istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede yüksekti Histiositik infiltrasyon düzeyinin kontrol ve Sham grubu arasında farkı istatistiksel olarak anlamlı değildi ( 0 886 Çalışma ve kontrol grubu arasında fibrozis düzeyleri arasındaki farklar istatistiksel olarak anlamlı değildi ( 0 486 Gruplar arasında yağ nekrozu ( 0 702 ve inflamatuar infiltrasyon ( 0 869 düzeyleri arasındaki farklar istatistiksel olarak anlamlı değildi Sonuç Fibrozis gelişmesi bakımından gruplar arasındaki farklar incelendiğinde, kontrol grup ile çalışma grubu arasında anlamlı fibrosis düzeyi farkının olması, adhezyonu önleme açısından seprafilmin yardımcı olabileceğine işaret etmektedi

Improvement of Hot Air Dried Bitter Gourd (<i>Momordica charantia</i> L.) Product Quality: Optimization of Drying and Blanching Process by Experimental Design

Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is a plant species belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family, growing in tropical regions and containing health-promoting beneficial compounds. In the current study, bitter gourds prepared for drying were sliced in three different thicknesses (6, 8 and 10 mm) and dried in a hot-air dryer at three different temperatures (60, 70 and 80 °C) to preserve their medicinal efficacy. In the experiments, the samples were subjected to blanching at 93.5 °C and 2% salt water for 0, 2.5 and 5 min, and drying processes were conducted. After the drying process, drying time, total color change (∆E), total phenolic content (TPC), total antioxidant activity (TAA), and vitamin C properties were examined. The highest levels of TPC and TAA were found at lower drying air temperatures (DATs), and while these values increased with longer blanching times at lower DATs, they decreased with longer blanching times at higher DATs. According to the different drying temperatures used, it was discovered that the total color change peaked at 70 °C and that vitamin C levels declined as DAT rose. The optimal drying conditions for the 3D response surface methodology include 60 °C DAT, a slice thickness of 10 mm, and without blanching to maximize TPC, TAA and vitamin C content and minimize drying time and ∆E

Plasma levels of free tissue factor pathway inhibitor in patients with various thyroid disorders.

Various coagulation abnormalities occur in thyroid disorders and its range may vary from subclinical laboratory abnormalities to clinically significant disorders of coagulation. Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), which inhibits the initial reaction of tissue factor mediated coagulation pathway, is reported to be increased in patients with Graves disease (GD) in one study. Hyperthyroid (n = 10), hypothyroid (n = 10) and subclinical hypothyroid (n = 10) patients and control cases (n = 16) were evaluated for free and total tissue factor pathway inhibitor (tTFPI), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) levels in disease and euthyroid states. Free TFPI levels were significantly higher in hyperthyroid patients compared with the control group and subclinic hypothyroid patients (p 0.05). After the euthyroid state was obtained in the hyperthyroid group, the levels of total TFPI (p < 0.05), free TFPI (fTFPI) (p < 0.005), t-PA (p < 0.005) and PAI-1 (p < 0.02) decreased significantly. In hypertbyroid patients, there was a strong correlation between thyroid functions and free TFPI levels. In conclusion, we hypothesize that coagulation abnormalities seen in thyroid disorders cannot be explained directly with the impaired fibrinolytic activity but also with the elevated fTFPI levels. Both increased plasma fTFPI and PAI-1 levels could be markers of the peripheral activity of thyroid hormones. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reseved