Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic disease characterized by recurrent episodes of partial or complete collapse of the upper airway during sleep, leading to pauses of breathing and arousals.
Read moreThe effect of human activity on the environment, i.e. the atmosphere, soil, water resources and biodiversity, is nowadays so intense and obvious that the concept of a new geological era, the Anthropocene, defined by the action of humans and characterized by the collapse of the ecosystem, is widely and seriously debated.
Read morePurpose: The aim of the present review is to collect all the existing nutritional and diet indexes which have been associated with anthropometric measurements and obesity in studies with children and adolescents.
Read moreDieting is the moderate calorie reduction in order to lose weight. It includes various behaviors from healthy food choices to severe caloric restriction and occurs more often in women, white people and people belonging to a higher socioeconomic status.
Read moreThe socio-economic conditions, such as unemployment and the governments’ austerity measures that lead to low living standard, as well as the growing number of graduated dieticians and nutritionists, suggest that the role of the profession of the dietician-nutritionist should be reformed and enriched, in order to provide benefits both to the society and to the dieticians themselves
Read moreSince breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day, it has been studied for many years. However, due to the fact that there is not a precise definition for this meal, it is difficult to make conclusions by current literature.
Read moreAims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the acute effects of the consumption of different types of coffee on salivary gastrin concentrations, on self-assessed gastrointestinal symptoms and psychometric assessments.
Read more(GR) Η παγκόσμια κρίση του χρηματοπιστωτικού συστήματος που ξεκίνησε το 2008 από τις ΗΠΑ και διέσχισε όλες σχεδόν τις χώρες, έγινε πολύ αισθητή στην χώρα και τους πολίτες της, όταν η ελληνική κυβέρνηση αδυνατούσε να δανεισθεί με λογικά επιτόκια για να καλύψει τις οικονομικές της υποχρεώσεις. Μπροστά στον κίνδυνο της πτώχευσης και της στάσης πληρωμών στο εσωτερικό και στο εξωτερικό, επιλέχθηκε μετά από διαπραγματεύσεις, η δανειοδότηση της χώρας μας από τις χώρες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, την Ευρωπαϊκή τράπεζα και το Διεθνές Νομισματικό Ταμείο (γνωστή ως Τρόϊκα), με χαμηλό επιτόκιο, ώστε να καλυφθούν οι τρέχουσες και μελλοντικές ανάγκες και να αποφύγει η χώρα την στάση πληρωμών και οδηγηθεί σε επίσημη χρεοκοπία.
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Hellenic Dietetics Association was founded in 1969 in Athens and constitutes the …
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