A STUDY ON CONSUMER AWARENESS AND PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COIMBATORE DISTRICT

Dr. D. Divya Prabha, “A Study on Consumer Awareness and Perceptions towards Organic Food Products with Special Reference to Coimbatore District”, International Journal of Current Research and Modern Education, Volume 2, Issue 2, Page Number 217-222, 2017

Clinical and biochemical correlation of skeletal myopathy in hyopothyroid patients

Thyroid hormone deficiency is most commonly a primary disease of the thyroid (Primary Hypothyroidism) and less frequently caused by deficiency of TSH (Secondary Hypothyroidism). Loss of hypothalamic TRH (Tertiary Hypothyroidism) is rare. Hypothyroidism may present with various systemic manifestations including hypothyroid myopathy as a recognized feature. The frequency of myopathy in hypothyroidism ranges from 30 to 80%. It is characterized by muscle weakness, pain, muscle cramps and stiffness. The electrophysiological study reveals myopathy, neuropathy or mixed pattern. Laboratory investigation shows increased levels of muscle enzymes, CK, LDH, SGOT and low serum thyroid hormones, with thyrotrophic –stimulating hormone(TSH) being elevated. The treatment consists of hormone replacement and prognosis is good. The aim of the study is to confirm the involvement of muscles in hypothyroidism using biochemical markers of muscle damage such as serum Creatine Kinase (CK), Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) and Serum Glutamyl Oxaloacetate Tranferases (SGOT/AST) and also to correlate the activity of these muscle enzymes with fT3, fT4 and TSH levels. The significant elevation of serum CK, LDH, SGOT and positive EMG and Muscle biopsy indicate muscle involvement in hypothyroidism and that these enzymes can be used as parameters for screening of hypothyroid patients

EFFECTS ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR AFTER THE POPULARISATION OF THE INTERNET

Internet technology has prompted significant changes in many aspects of human life and society as well as in shopping culture. An important phenomenon, surrounding the human life as a continuum, is shopping through the Internet or e-commerce. Shopping through the Internet has interconnections with many disciplines such as law, economics, psychology, and marketing. Many academicians, researching in various disciplines, studied this issue, which is a dynamic field of study. However, the case is this, we can say that the studies about the reasons for shopping through Internet by the consumers are very new and few in number. Shopping through the Internet involves social, technological, economical, behavioural, and educational dimensions. There are many prior factors behind shopping through the Internet by the consumers. This study presents a theoretical explanation for online consumer behaviour

Whom to blame for brain health and appetite slump in toddlers? A narrative review

Abstract Food preference in children depends on the interplay between genetic and environmental factors. Exposure to flavors during prenatal and postnatal period through amniotic fluid, breast milk, and weaning foods have been identified as possible influences on food preference and acceptance in children. Therefore, maternal nutrition has a strong influence on the child’s food preference early in life. Aim: The authors carried out a narrative review to understand the contribution of maternal nutrition on the food preferences in children in later life. Methods: The authors retrieved the articles from SCOPUS, Medline, Science Direct, CINAHL, EBSCO, and PubMed central databases. The key words including food preferences, food choice, and acceptance of food, pregnant women, toddlers, and food culture were used to identify the appropriate articles. The authors included in the review, full-text articles, published in English language between 1995 and 2018. In total, six articles, which met the inclusion criteria, were included in the final review. Results: The results revealed that there is a very strong connection between the exposure to flavors during prenatal and postnatal period and food preference and acceptance in children in later life. The olfactory and gustatory exposures to flavors during prenatal period through maternal diet, and during postnatal period through breast milk and weaning foods determines the food preferences in childhood. Conclusion: We conclude that maternal nutrition has a strong influence on the child’s food preference early in the life, therefore effective strategies should be designed to increase healthy feeding choices during the prenatal and postnatal periods