OBJECTIVE: Leptin is a peptide hormone that mainly regulates food intake and energy
expenditure of human body. A close correlation between serum leptin levels and the percentage …

Background: Neck circumference (NC) measurement is one of the simple screening
measurements which can be used as an index of upper body fat distribution to identify obesity. …

Background: Since it was described in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
has been a widely used method for insertion of a gastrostomy tube in patients who are …

Arginine has been used by millions of athletes over the past 20 years to enhance production
of human growth hormone. The effects of arginine supplementation include increased fat …

Objectives: To determine the nutritional status and anthropometric measurements of patients
with multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: his research was conducted on 37 (15 men, 22 …

Objective: Dietary fructose from added sugar as high fructose corn syrup may causes major
risks in obesity, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, hyperuricemia and fatty liver. The …

Objective: Many health risks such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and metabolic
syndrome increase with obesity. The most effective way to avoid these health risks is to improve …

Günümüzde gelişen teknolojiyle beraber besinler raflarda sağlık için zararlı ve yararlı
özellikleri içlerinde barındırarak çok farklı şekillerde yer almaya başlamıştır. Bunun sonucunda …

Obezitenin tedavisine ve bazı kronik hastalıkların önlenmesine yardımcı olan bariatrik cerrahi
uygulaması vücutta çeşitli fizyolojik etkilere neden olmaktadır. Bunlardan birisi mikrobiyota …

While the human body provides a nutrient-rich environment for living microorganisms, it
provides a number of benefits for itself by these beneficial microorganisms or their metabolites. …