HEMATOLOGICAL INDICES RELATED TO VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN OBESE CHILDREN.

Introduction: Vitamin D is involved in differentiation and induction of erythropoiesis in bone marrow cells.

Aim: We compared the serum 25(OH) vitamin D level in obese children control and found correlations between vitamin D level and hematological indices in obese children.

Materials And Methods: 25 overweight and obese patients and 15 normal weight children were enrolled in an observational study .

Prebiotics and probiotics in atopic dermatitis.

Recent years have brought additional data on the benefits of prebiotics and probiotics treatment in patients with atopic dermatitis. This review includes all the articles published in PubMed, Scopus, Embase and Cochrane databases until 05.06.

Medical nutrition therapy in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease--a review of literature.

Background And Aim: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of liver disease worldwide, with a prevalence of 20%-40% in Western populations. The purpose of this article is to review data related to lifestyle changes in patients with NAFLD.

Method: We searched a public domain database (PubMed) with the following categories: disease (NAFLD, fatty liver, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis [NASH]) and intervention (lifestyle intervention, diet, nutrition) with each possible combination through 25 September 2014, for relevant articles.

Metabolic effects of low glycaemic index diets.

The persistence of an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes suggests that new nutritional strategies are needed if the epidemic is to be overcome. A promising nutritional approach suggested by this thematic review is metabolic effect of low glycaemic-index diet. The currently available scientific literature shows that low glycaemic-index diets acutely induce a number of favorable effects, such as a rapid weight loss, decrease of fasting glucose and insulin levels, reduction of circulating triglyceride levels and improvement of blood pressure.