Microbiological quality and proximate analysis of locally produced soymilk drinks sold in Calabar Metropolis; a public health assessment.

Background: This study was aimed at evaluating the microbial quality and proximate analysis of soymilk produced and sold within Calabar Metropolis.

Methodology: Soymilk samples were purchased in pairs from five locations in Calabar Metropolis. The samples collected were subjected to microbiological and proximate analysis to ascertain the hygienic standards of the products and nutrient contents.

Evaluation of the administrative, coordination and financing capacity of the sub-national malaria elimination programs in Nigeria: a case study of cross river state.

This study appraised the implementers' perspective of the program's existing administrative and management; coordination and collaboration; and financing and accountability capacities to deliver its malaria prevention and control mandate. The instrument used was a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire adapted from an already existing National Malaria Programme's Capacity Assessment tool. Being a widely used open-source program tool, a pretest was done to ascertain its suitability and applicability to the study context and for field assistants to gain familiarity with it.

Public health implication of solid waste generated by households in Bekwarra Local Government area.

Background: This study was conducted in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria, to determine the public health implication of solid waste generated by households.

Methods: A cross sectional descriptive design was employed, using a semi-structured questionnaire together with an observation checklist to elicit information from the respondents. Proportionate sampling was used to select 400 respondents of 18 years and above for the study area.

Feasibility and Psychometric Properties of the Infant Toddler Quality of Life (ITQOL) Questionnaire in a Community-Based Sample of Healthy Infants in China.

Objective Evaluate the feasibility and psychometric properties of the Infant Toddler Quality of Life (ITQOL) questionnaire as a measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of Chinese infants. Methods The linguistically validated Simplified Chinese version of the ITQOL was used in a multicenter, observational study of healthy, term infants (N = 427), age 6 weeks at enrollment, in China. At Days 1 and 48, parents/guardians completed the ITQOL, the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2) and the Infant Gastrointestinal Symptom Questionnaire (IGSQ).

Infant Feeding Regimens and Gastrointestinal Tolerance: A Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Cohort Study in China.

To study feeding tolerance in infants fed formula with increased -2 palmitate and oligofructose (-2+OF) in a real-world setting, healthy Chinese infants were enrolled in this 48-day observational study on their current feeding regimens: exclusively breastfed (BF; n = 147), exclusively -2+OF formula-fed (FF; n = 150), or mixed-fed with breast milk and -2+OF formula (MF; n = 163). Throughout the study, incidence (90% confidence interval) of hard stools was ≤2.1% (0.

Nutrient intake and dietary patterns in children 2.5-5 years of age with picky eating behaviours and low weight-for-height.

Background And Objectives: Picky eating behaviours are common in young children and may adversely affect dietary intake. This study examined the adequacy of dietary patterns and nutrient intake in preschool-aged children in China and Hong Kong with picky eating behaviours and weight-for-height in the lowest quartile of the WHO Growth Standards.

Methods And Study Design: Dietary intake was assessed using baseline 3-day food records from a multicenter, randomized trial in Chinese children (N=151) ages 2.

Infant feeding and health-related quality of life in healthy Chinese infants: results from a prospective, observational cohort study.

Background: Infant feeding regimens, including breastfeeding, formula-feeding, or a combination of the two, may influence infant health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, few studies have examined this association.

Methods: This prospective cohort study assessed HRQOL in relation to three parent-selected feeding regimens: exclusively breastfed (n = 136), exclusively study formula-fed (n = 140), and mixed-fed with study formula and breast milk (n = 151).

Randomized controlled trial to compare growth parameters and nutrient adequacy in children with picky eating behaviors who received nutritional counseling with or without an oral nutritional supplement.

In this study, changes in growth parameters and nutrient intake were compared in Chinese children (ages 30-60 months) with picky eating (PE) behaviors and weight-for-height ≤25th percentile, who were randomized to receive nutrition counseling alone (NC; n = 76) or with a nutritional milk supplement (NC + NS; n = 77) for 120 days. Increases in weight-for-height z-scores were significantly greater in the NC + NS group at days 30 and 90 and over the entire study period (all P < 0.05), but not at day 120.