Submit a manuscript Register Sign up for article alerts Contact us Support

Articles

Volume 7 (2008) - January 2008

next >
up
< previous

Research   Open Access Highly Accessed

Major reduction of malaria morbidity with combined vitamin A and zinc supplementation in young children in Burkina Faso: a randomized double blind trial

Augustin N Zeba, Hermann Sorgho, Noël Rouamba, Issiaka Zongo, Jeremie Rouamba, Robert T Guiguemdé, Davidson H Hamer, Najat Mokhtar, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:7 (31 January 2008)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central |  Editor’s summary

Dietary supplementation with immune mediators vitamin A and zinc reduces prevalence of malaria in young children and may represent an additional malaria control strategy in Africa.

Research   Open Access

Postpyloric enteral nutrition in the critically ill child with shock: a prospective observational study

Jesús López-Herce, Santiago Mencía, César Sánchez, Maria J Santiago, Amaya Bustinza, Dolores Vigil Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:6 (31 January 2008)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed

Research   Open Access Highly Accessed

To treat or not to treat: comparison of different criteria used to determine whether weight loss is to be recommended

Ottavia Colombo, Simona Villani, Giovanna Pinelli, Claudia Trentani, Maurizia Baldi, Orazio Tomarchio, Anna Tagliabue Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:5 (29 January 2008)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed |  Editor’s summary

Use of BMI alone, compared to other adiposity-based criteria such as percentage body fat, results in underestimation of the number of subjects needing lifestyle intervention.

Short report   Open Access Highly Accessed

Relationships of low serum vitamin D3 with anthropometry and markers of the metabolic syndrome and diabetes in overweight and obesity

Anne-Thea McGill, Joanna M Stewart, Fiona E Lithander, Caroline M Strik, Sally D Poppitt Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:4 (28 January 2008)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central

Research   Open Access

Effect of a natural extract of chicken combs with a high content of hyaluronic acid (Hyal-Joint®) on pain relief and quality of life in subjects with knee osteoarthritis: a pilot randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Douglas S Kalman, Maria Heimer, Anita Valdeon, Howard Schwartz, Eric Sheldon Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:3 (21 January 2008)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed

Review   Open Access Highly Accessed

Nutritional therapies for mental disorders

Shaheen E Lakhan, Karen F Vieira Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:2 (21 January 2008)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | 1 comment

Review   Open Access Highly Accessed

Gendered dimensions of obesity in childhood and adolescence

Helen N Sweeting Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:1 (14 January 2008)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central