Kim, Seung Lee, Eun Hye Yang, Hye Ran
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Nutrition research and practice
The prevalence of malnutrition among hospitalized children ranges between 12% and 24%. Although the consequences of hospital malnutrition are enormous, it is often unrecognized and untreated. The aim of this study was to identify the current status of in-hospital nutrition support for children in South Korea by carrying out a nationwide hospital-ba...
Jang, Bo Young Bu, So Young
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Nutrition research and practice
Since gain or loss of skeletal muscle mass is a gradual event and occurs due to a combination of lifestyle factors, assessment of dietary factors related to skeletal muscle is complicated. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in total energy intake according to the level of skeletal muscle mass. A total of 8,165 subjects ≥ 30 years ...
Do, Nam Yong Shin, Hyun-Jae Lee, Ji-Eun
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Nutrition research and practice
[This retracts the article on p. 83 in vol. 11, PMID: 28386380.].
Lee, Kiwon Lee, Youngmi
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Nutrition research and practice
This study examined the effect of nutrition labeling formats on parents' food choices for their children at different restaurant types. An online survey was conducted with 1,980 parents of children aged 3-12 years. Participants were randomly assigned to fast food or family restaurant scenarios, and one of four menu stimuli conditions: no labeling, ...
Baik, Inkyung
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There are few studies that forecast the future prevalence of obesity based on the predicted prevalence model including contributing factors. The present study aimed to identify factors associated with obesity and construct forecasting models including significant contributing factors to estimate the 2020 and 2030 prevalence of obesity and abdominal...
Cho, Min Ji Kim, Ji Hyun Park, Chan Hum Lee, Ah Young Shin, Yu Su Lee, Jeong Hoon Park, Chun Geun Cho, Eun Ju
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Neuroinflammation plays critical role in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the effect of three licorice varieties, Glycyrhiza uralensis, G. glabra, and Shinwongam (SW) on a mouse model of inflammation-induced memory and cognitive deficit. C57BL/6 mice were injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 2.5 mg/kg...
Reid, Storm N S Ryu, Je-Kwang Kim, Yunsook Jeon, Byeong Hwan
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Fermented Laminaria japonica (FL), a type sea tangle used as a functional food ingredient, has been reported to possess cognitive improving properties that may aid in the treatment of common neurodegenerative disorders, such as dementia. We examined the effects of FL on scopolamine (Sco)- and ethanol (EtOH)-induced hippocampus-dependent memory impa...
Hong, Ki-Bae Park, Yooheon Suh, Hyung Joo
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Nutrition research and practice
The aim of this study was to evaluate the biological and sleep-promoting effects of combined γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) using caffeine-induced sleepless fruit flies, ICR mice, and Sprague-Dawley rats. Video-tracking analysis was applied to investigate behavioral changes of Drosophila melanogaster. Pentobarbital-induc...
Park, Jae Eun Han, Ji Sook
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This study was designed to investigate how a Portulaca oleracea L. extract (POE) stimulates insulin secretion in INS-1 pancreatic β-cells. INS-1 pancreatic β-cells were incubated in the presence of various glucose concentrations: 1.1 or 5.6, 16.7 mM glucose. The cells were treated with insulin secretagogues or insulin secretion inhibitor for insuli...
Lim, Jiyeon Lee, Yunhee Shin, Sangah Lee, Hwi-Won Kim, Claire E Lee, Jong-Koo Lee, Sang-Ah Kang, Daehee
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Diet quality scores or indices, based on dietary guidelines, are used to summarize dietary intake into a single numeric variable. The aim of this study was to examine the association between the modified diet quality index for Koreans (DQI-K) and mortality among Health Examinees-Gem (HEXA-G) study participants. The DQI-K was modified from the origi...
