Afternoon school shift is associated with increased risk of overweight/obesity in 11-14-year-old females with early and intermediate chronotype.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the anthropometric and sleep-wake rhythm characteristics of schoolchildren that attend school in morning and afternoon school shifts.

Methods: We recruited 18 481 individuals (females: 56.4%) aged 11 to 18 years old with an average age of 14.

[Time perspective, sleep and wellbeing of the elderly during COVID-19 pandemic.].

The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between the time perspective and the psychophysiological state of the elderly during the pandemic COVID-19. 433 residents from 11 Russian cities aged 60,8±9,8 years (range - 50-94 years, women - 78,7%) took part in the study. During the online survey, each participant of the study provided personal data (place of residence, sex, age, height, and weight) and completed the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, the Munich Chronotype Questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory and the Yale Food Addiction Scale.

Food addiction and emotional eating are associated with intradaily rest-activity rhythm variability.

Purpose: The aim of the present investigation was to study the associations among parameters characterizing eating behavior and actimetry-derived indices of circadian rhythm of motor activity.

Methods: The study involved 81 healthy participants (average age: 21.5 ± 9.

Food addiction and weight in students with high academic performance.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationships between food addiction (FA), anthropometric characteristics and academic performance.

Design: The average age (sd) of the participants was 17·5 (sd 2·7) years (64·1 % female). Each study participant indicated their sex, height, weight and academic performance and completed the Yale Food Addiction Scale.

Food preferences and YFAS/YFAS-C scores in schoolchildren and university students.

Purpose: Food addiction (FA) is one of the causes of widespread obesity in modern society. It was shown that there is an age-associated increase in incidence rate of FA in adolescents/young adults. The purpose of this study was to analyze food preferences in schoolchildren and university students with FA.

Food addiction and symptoms of depression among inhabitants of the European North of Russia: Associations with sleep characteristics and photoperiod.

The purpose of this investigation was to study the sleep-wake rhythm characteristics of young persons with food addiction (FA) and symptoms of depression. A total of 2,360 young persons living in northern European Russia were included in the study. The average age of the respondents (± standard deviation [SD]) was 17.

Food addiction in Russian adolescents: Associations with age, sex, weight, and depression.

Objective: Eating disorders are a cause of the recent obesity epidemic. Food addiction (FA) and factors associated with eating disorders have not been adequately studied in adolescents.

Method: The final study sample included 1,144 students.

Association of chronotype and social jetlag with human non-verbal intelligence.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of chronotype and social jetlag (SJL) on intelligence. Subjects were aged 14-25 years (n = 1008). A significant effect of intelligence on academic performance, as measured by the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices test, was found (F = 11.

In vitro gastrointestinal-resistant pectin hydrogel particles for β-glucuronidase adsorption.

Pectin hydrogel particles (PHPs) were prepared by ionotropic gelation of low methylesterified pectin of Tanacetum vulgare L. with calcium ions. Wet PHPs prepared from TVF exhibited a smaller diameter and the lower weight as well as exhibited the best textural properties in terms of hardness and elasticity compared to the PHPs prepared from commercial low methylesterified pectin (CU701) used for comparison.

Impact of cabbage pectin-protein complex on microbial β-glucuronidase activity.

We previously demonstrated that pectin-protein complex (PPC) isolated from white cabbage adsorbs the β-glucuronidase (βG) enzyme of E. coli. Concurrently, we discovered a significant increase in βG activity in the presence of PPC.

Interaction of microbial β-glucuronidase with vegetable pectins.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vitro effects of vegetable carbohydrates on the activity of microbial β-glucuronidase (βG) and the adsorption of the enzyme on carbohydrates. This study used pectin-protein complexes (PPCs) with molecular weights of 300 kDa isolated under conditions simulating a gastric environment from cabbage (HCl-PPCC and HCl+pepsin-PPCCP) and sweet pepper (PPCP and PPCPP). As a sample for comparison, microcrystalline cellulose was used.

[Antioxidant status of ewe's blood during pregnancy and lactation].

Antioxidant status of ewe's blood during pregnancy and lactation was studied. It is revealed that the lipid peroxidation in erythrocytes is decreased, whereas in blood plasma is increased in the middle pregnancy, reaching the maximum shortly before peak of progesterone production. The activities of antioxidant enzymes are increased at the end of pregnancy, when the level of progesterone in blood is maximal.

[Dynamics of rumenoenteral transport of progesterone in sheep in chronic experiment].

In chronic experiments on pregnant and lactating sheeps with large fistula of rumen the dynamics of progesterone transport in a cavity of temporarily isolated reticulo-rumen depending on a physiological condition of animals, composition of solution filling a cavity of organ, and time of incubation, were studied. On three animals, 24 experiments were carried out. It was established that, during pregnancy, in a cavity of reticulo-rumen more progesterone was transported than during lactation (p < 0.