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African Americans have the highest age-adjusted death rate for heart disease and diabetes in the United States. Obesity, a significant risk factor for these conditions, is highly prevalent in African Americans, particularly women, leading to increased co-morbidities. Cardiovascular risk and
Competing theories about obesity and its treatment contrast the relative roles of dietary fat versus carbohydrate on promotion of excessive calorie intake. Advocates of low-carbohydrate diets propose that diets high in carbohydrates lead to elevated insulin secretion and increased calorie intake.
Maternal cardiovascular physiology evolves during the course of pregnancy to accommodate the growing foetus. In order that the uterine artery can deliver 10% of the entire maternal cardiac output, there are considerable structural and physiological changes that take place. There is a 30% increase in
Phase 1 Aim To study energy- and protein requirements after minor burns in adults (TBSA < 20 %).
Research questions Do energy- and protein requirements increase after minor burns? Do energy- and protein requirements proportionally increase with the severity of injury; depth and extent after minor
The first aim of this study is to investigate the energy homeostasis and the steroid metabolism of healthy, young and normal weight women aged 16-35 years, before and after a 48 hours fasting period. Furthermore, second aim of this study is the comparison of their steroid profiles with PCOS women in
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Canada with annual direct and indirect costs estimated at $22 billion. Fasting lipid levels are associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease; however, postprandial lipids - the level of TG after a meal, are very potent predictors of
The importance of protein in nutrition is momentous to ones health. Dietary proteins are essentially nutritional because of their constituent amino acids, which the body uses to synthesize its own proteins, as well as nitrogen-containing molecules that are essential for life. The Recommended Dietary
The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of a high protein diet (achieved through the use of a high protein supplement) versus standard diet on substrate oxidation and energy expenditure using a state-of-the-art live-in whole body calorimetry unit (WBCU).
This study will be an acute
Background - Neonatal hypoglycemia is a common event during the first week of life and has been associated to brain injuries and poor neurodevelopment. Unfortunately it may be unrecognized for several hours from its occurrence, since it is asymptomatic/poor symptomatic in newborns (Hay WW, 2009;
Diagnosis: The diagnosis of Alcoholic hepatitis is made by the following criteria (12)
I. Chronic active alcohol abuse - >80 grams in males and > 60 grams in females for > 5 years for developing Alcoholic Cirrhosis (13) Alcohol use will be evaluated with the AUDIT score (EASL guidelines (14) II.
Dietary fat intake positively influences the ability to burn fat during exercise in women but not men, whereas carbohydrate intake negatively influences fat oxidation in both sexes. The independent nature of dietary fat intake as a predictor of the ability to burn fat in women suggests that in