scholarly journals Characterization of AMPK in femaleAedes aegyptiandGeorgecraigius atropalpusmosquitoes in relation to low and adequate food intake

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aparna Telang
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Adequate Food

scholarly journals Characterization of 5-Fluorouracil Daily Oral Dosing versus Dietary Restriction on Femoral Growth Plates in Rats

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chihiro Noguchi ◽  
Kenta Matsue ◽  
Yutaka Nakanishi ◽  
Fumiko Asanuma ◽  
Hiroto Miyata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Dietary Restriction ◽  
Direct Reduction ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Growth Plates ◽  
Oral Dosing ◽  
Proliferative Zone

We evaluated the growth plates (GPs) of rats after a 14-day reduction in food consumption caused by either daily oral dosing with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU: a positive control reducing food consumption and affecting the GPs) or a direct reduction in food consumption to determine whether the observed changes were attributable to a direct effect of drug toxicity. Histomorphometric analyses of the femoral GP were performed for a nontreated (NT) control group, three groups treated with 5-FU (12, 15, and 18 mg/kg/day) and three groups with food intake restricted to levels corresponding to those consumed by the rats in the three 5-FU-treated groups. Compared with the NT group, the GP widths and the number of chondrocytes in the proliferative zone decreased significantly in all the 5-FU-treated groups and the dietary restriction groups. Importantly, no significant differences between the 5-FU-treated groups and the groups with matched dietary restrictions were seen for most parameters. Thus, the 14-day dietary restriction caused significant changes in the proliferative zone of the GP, and similar changes observed in the 5-FU-treated groups were presumed to result from the comparable reduction in food intake rather than being a direct toxic effect of the drug.

Characterization of food intake in patients with psoriasis

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. S627
Author(s):  
B. Pinto ◽  
P. Pereira ◽  
R. Ramalho
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake

scholarly journals Effects of extreme environments on food intake in human subjects

1999 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 791-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Acute Mountain Sickness ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
Geographical Regions

Effects of extreme environments on food intake in human subjects are analysed as behavioural and physiological adaptations to annual and circadian rhythms, temperature and altitude. Effects of the environment on food intake through food availability have direct consequences on energy balance and body weight. Different geographical regions show variations in the composition of dietary foods, i.e. the relative proportions of carbohydrate, protein and fat. In developing countries the annual cycle appears to affect body weight through dependence on food availability. In West-European countries this effect appears to depend on physical activity. Energy and macronutrient intakes appear to follow a circadian pattern, with breakfast being relatively high in carbohydrate and dinner being relatively high in fat. In cold conditions, maintaining an adequate food intake is important in sustaining normal physiological responses to cold. Evidence for a possible cold-induced increase in appetite is poor. A condition influencing level of intake is the palatability of the food. High altitude, i.e. hypobaric hypoxia, appears to reduce appetite, energy intake and body mass, irrespective of acute mountain sickness (AMS). Meal size is reduced and meal frequency increased. Under circumstances of AMS, dissociation between appetite and hunger occurs. Thus, spontaneous adaptation to extreme environments requiring increased energy intake occurs first by adaptation of body weight to a new energy balance. In general, prevention of a negative energy balance occurs by learning with respect to food intake. After return to normal, adjustment of energy intake to the original energy balance occurs with restoration of body weight.

scholarly journals Somatomedin-C and zinc status in rats as affected by Zn, protein and food intake

1986 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafrallah T. Cossack
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Experimental Period ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Protein Diet ◽  
Low Protein Diet ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Somatomedin C ◽  
Low Protein ◽  
Adequate Food

1. The objective of the present experiment was to study the level of plasma somatomedin-C (SM-C) and the status of zinc in rats as affected by three levels of Zn given in combinations with two levels of protein.2. Six groups of rats were fed, for 21 d, on six different diets based on combinations of two levels of dietary protein (low protein, 75 g/kg; high protein, 200 g/kg) and three levels of zinc (low Zn, 0.9 pglkg; moderate Zn, 55 pg/kg; high Zn, 110 pglkg). All groups were pair-fed with the group receiving the low-Zn-low-protein diet. An additional group of six rats served as an ad lib.-fed control group and was fed on a diet that contained 55 pg Zn/kg and 200 g protein/kg ad lib.3. Body-weight gain and food intake were recorded daily. Rats were killed at the end of the experimental period (21 d). Zn was assayed in plasma, tibia and liver by atomic absorption technique. Plasma SM-C was assayed by radioimmunoassay.4. In rats given the low-Zn-low-protein diet, the level of plasma SM-C increased in response to the increase in the amount of Zn or Zn and protein in the diet. However, no change was observed when the level of protein alone was increased.5. Among all groups tested, adlib.-fed rats showed the highest level of plasma SM-C. Thus it may be concluded that a balanced diet combined with adequate food intake is necessary to maintain an optimal level of plasma SM-C.

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