[Assessment of the effect of meteorological factors on the health of a group of patients in the city of Iaşi].

Unlabelled: Analyzing the meteorological factors influence perception on state of health and evaluation of the awareness of how they act.

Material And Methods: The study was carried out between 2010-2011 on a sample of 75 patients from of a cabinet of family medicine in the city of Iasi. The lot included randomly selected persons with age between 18-74 years.

[Study of the nutritional status and eating habits on a group of patients in primary health care].

Aims: Evaluation of medical and biological status of the study group; analyzing the nutritional status and the way of eating by food investigation; and evaluation of the knowledge about eating behavior and the role of physical activity in health.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted from 2010-2011 on a sample of 375 patients aged 18-74, patients within a family medicine cabinet in our town. The questionnaire included demographic data (age, education, social, financial situation, the belonging religious) and questions about nutrition on food groups and questions about rational knowledge about nutrition, eating behavior and the role of physical activity.

[Relashionship between the mother's educational level and child feeding in a series of preschool children in Bacau Town].

Unlabelled: Child growth and development are decisively influensed by feeding. This depends on parent's financial resources and food habits, most often tradition-related.

Aim: To determine how important mother's educational level is in this respect.

Overweight and gastrointestinal symptoms among adults of working age in Iaşi City, Romania.

Unlabelled: The objectives were to determine the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms and overweight in a sample of working age adults, from Iasi city (North-East Romania) and relationship with eating habits.

Material And Methods: For this survey a sample was randomly chosen from family doctors records and 158 adults participated (65 males and 93 females, aged 19-64 years). Eating habits and food-frequency questionnaires were conducted, and Body Mass Index (BMI), waist and Body Fat Percent (FAT) were measured.

[Aspects of child and youth health revealed by medical check-up in Botosani County, Romania].

Unlabelled: Medical check-up allows a clear image on the state of health of children and teenagers, those diagnosed following such an examination with certain medical conditions entering a follow-up program. At the same time, the risk factors for diseases being also studied, their detection and the development of adequate prevention programs are possible.

Aim: To determine the physical development and state of health of students.

[Comparative study concerning food intake in a group of people with dyslipidemias vs. a control group in the Targu Neamt area].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to find a correlation between the consumption frequency of the main food groups and the presence of dyslipidemia as compared to a control group without dyslipidemias.

Material And Method: For this study we have considered a number of 678 people, divided in two groups: 339 with dyslipidemias and 339 without dyslipidemias, each of the two groups comprising 137 subjects from the rural area and 201 from the urban area, through the questionnaire method.

Results: The involved people have been questioned about the consumption of milk and related products (cheese), meat and related products (beef and pork), fish and related products and fruits.

[Aspects of morbidity in institutionalized adults].

Unlabelled: In the last decades, the lifespan at elderly persons increased significantly, so they have the tendency to develop much comorbidities. In this situation, a correct and early assessment of the comorbities, that complicates the management of the medical case, may represent an efficient approach.

Material And Method: This study intended to evaluate the present health status of a group of 74 institutionalized adults, mainly elderly (3 quarters) and women (52.

[Comparative study of the anthropometric parameters in a group of people with dyslipidemias and a control group].

Unlabelled: The aim of the article was to study comparatively the variation of the anthropometric indexes (BMI - body mass index, waist circumference) in a group of people with and without dyslipidemias.

Material And Method: The data (age, sex, location, weight, height, waist) was obtained through the inquiry method, within the statistical processing, using the Pearson Chi-Square Test. A group of 678 people, out of which 339 people with dyslipidemias and 339 without dyslipidemias, was included in the study, the two groups being chosen so as to have an equal number of participants, according to age and sex.

[Comparative analysis of two different methods of nutrition assessment in the institutionalized elderly].

Unlabelled: A nutrition assessment is an evaluation of both objective and subjective data connected to an individual's food intake, lifestyle and medical record. In this study we've tried to assess, by two distinct methods, the nutrition of elderly persons, and to reveal some differences that result from the accuracy of each method in part.

Material And Method: The study focused on a group of 195 elderly institutionalized persons from Galaţi city, living in three different locations (A, B, C), along a period of 5 years.

[Comparative study of the intake of energy nutrients by elderly institutionalized people from Galaţi city].

Unlabelled: In this study we have analyzed, by comparison, the quality of nutrient intake at different groups of elderly institutionalized persons, in order to identify if there are significant differences between the nutrition provided in these institutions.

Material And Method: The nutrition of 313 elderly persons was analyzed retrospective, along a period of 5 years (2002-2006), in three different locations from Galati city, using the standardized nutritional inquiry protocol. Statistical assessment was realized with program EpInfo 3.

[Assessment of the impact of psycho-social environment on toddlers' physical and neuropsychic development].

Unlabelled: Psycho-social environment is influencing directly toddler's development, with a major impact in the first three years of life. Family is the first social environment for the infant, and later for toddler, and depending to the quality of this relation will evolve the adult.

Objective: To assess the impact of psycho-social environment on the toddler's development.

[Food intake patterns in a mentally disabled children's community].

Aim: To asses the food intake in a closed community of mentally disabled school children.

Material And Method: The dietary survey was performed according to the ongoing romanian regulations, taking into account 11 food groups.

Results: Each of the four dietary surveys showed that certain food groups are present in the diet in very small quantities (such as fish, milk, animal fat, eggs, fruits) and other are present in excess (potatoes, cereals, oils, dry vegetables), not regarding the season of the dietary survey.

[Physical development and health status in mentally disabled school children].

Unlabelled: Mentally disabled children represent about 3% from the children population.

Material And Method: 102 children with mental disabilities were investigated using physical and somatometric examination.

Results: The mental disabilities are associated with different diseases, in most cases correlated in intensity with de degree of mental disorder.

[The medical and social impact of the gross domestic product on the life expectancy and infantile mortality in Romania].

In this study we have analyzed the correlations between the GDP reported on every inhabitant and the life expectancy respective the infantile mortality rates. Analysis cover 11 countries, divided in four categories: three former countries members of EU (France, Italy, Sweden), three countries recently admitted (2004) in E.U.

[Current issues regarding organic food].

Destruction and pollution of soil and ground water resources is probably the most important ecological problem facing the next generation. Checkable standards which certify healthy food products are required by the regulation on organic farming of the EU and should also be applied for conventional food production. Ecological food contains at least 95% of ingredients from an organic farming environment, without interference from pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or other chemicals and it is totally different from dietary, functional, enriched, fortified, probiotic food.

[Specifics of food intake by schoolchildren in the rural areas of Moldova].

149 schoolchildren, 14-15 years old, from 4 rural communities pending on 4 different Moldova counties have been investigated using the one day questionnaire technique. From the entire studied group, only 7.4% are do not eat breakfast before attending school.

[Drug residues in food of animal origin].

This paper reviews literature data on the stability of drug residues in food of animal origin. It was investigated the most important antibacterial, antihelminthic and sedative drugs and growth promoters used in food/producing animal treatments. The effects of storage (at -20 degrees C, 4 degrees C and temperature room) and a range of cooking processes (boiling, frying, roasting, grilling, microwaving) on residues was studied.

[Nutrition and old age].

The cellular and extracellular degenerative changes that take place simultaneous with aging in elderly will determine changes in the life style. In order to reach the ideal age, the elderly must have a balanced diet, sufficient physical activity and to quit smoking and drinking. In addition to this requirements, the society must provide the economic means, that will allow the elderly a decent life, and free access to medical services.

[Oxidative stress and antioxidants in the diet in pathological processes at the level of the cardiovascular system].

After a short review of the data on the free radicals occurring in the human body (hydroxyl radical, superoxide, nitric acid, peroxynitrite), the possible effects of these radical upon the cardiovascular system are presented. The preservation of the oxidants-antioxidants balance is highly important for preventing the cardiovascular diseases. Endogenous antioxidants are not 100 per cent effective, reason why for the individuals with atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease antioxidant supplements (tocopherols, carotenes, vitamin C, selenium) are essential especially during the seasons when diets are deficient in fruits and vegetables.

[The problems of self-image formation in children with motor deficiencies].

Self-image is a representation that each person has on its own body. The personality of an individual develops through progressive knowledge of its own body. Children with motor deficiencies have a modified self-image.

[The extra-auditory effects of noise].

Noise affects not only the ear, but the body as a whole. Noise exposure can trigger a series of functional changes related or not with hearing loss, consisting mainly in sleep disturbances, blood pressure increases, changes in the amplitude and frequency of the respiratory movements, decreases in the visual function and psychological disorders.

[An evaluation of interpersonal dependency in physically handicapped children].

In assessing the problems of handicapped persons, the social relations represents an important element. The emotional thrust in other persons put in evidence the need for assistance, only 25.1% of the subjects having normal affective relations.

[Current trends in nutrition].

The energy delivered by food is involved in the maintaining of the homeostasis and in the electromechanical activities that define life. The energy expenditure include basal metabolism, thermogenesis and the energy required for the physical activity. Functional food extends over providing the nutrients into playing important physiological roles into the organism.

[The cutaneous manifestations in food allergies].

A study on cutaneous signs in food allergies was perform on a number of patients admitted in the dermatology clinic. The clinical diagnosis is based on a critical anamnesis on the alimentary origin, laboratory findings and therapeutical test. The different alimentary behavior in the urban areas, in association with stress, generates a higher frequency of food allergies in these areas, comparative with the incidence in the rural areas.