Dietary patterns in young adults from Timiş County.

Unlabelled: Dietary patterns present at the age of the young adult have great probability to remain unchanged for the rest of the life and may contribute to eating disorders later in life. The aim of this study is the analysis of the intake patterns for fruits and vegetables in students from Timis County.

Material And Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study using a stratified cluster sample design to produce a representative sample of students for the Timis County.

Features of pubertal maturation in adolescents from Timiş County.

Aim: Puberty, by content and finality, mean all the events of somatic and mental maturation, with the transformation of the child into an adult. It is the period in which it is acquired the reproductive capacity.

Material And Methods: Pubertal maturation was studied on a sample of secondary school adolescents from Timis County, 800 students from schools and high schools in the urban area aged 11-14 years, with uniform distribution by sex and age.

[Food intake and colorectal cancers; an ecological study in Romania].

Unlabelled: The aim of the present study performed in a Romanian population was to identify the food which can be either associated with or protect against colorectal carcinoma.

Material And Method: Correlation and regression analysis were used to examine the association between dietary intake and the rate of incidence for colon, rectum and anus cancers, in study groups from 7 regions of Romania.

Results: A strong and positive association was observed for colonic cancer and the intake of coffee, tea and cocoa (r = 0.

[Distribution areas of food-borne diseases in Timişoara county, in the period 2002-2003].

In the study we wanted to reveal the distribution of the food borne diseases in Timisoara county, in the period of time 2002-2003. As material we used a sample formed from 142 patients with admissions in the "Victor Babeş" Infectious Diseases Hospital Timişoara, Romania, and the method, epidemiological longitudinal descriptive inquiry, consisted in data registration of the primary evidences (observation files) of the patients. The obtained results revealed: the greater incidence of the food borne diseases in male than female sex; the highest incidence at the age group 15-44 years; the main causal agent as Salmonella group D followed by group B; the greatest frequencies of the food borne diseases in the areas Lipova, Circumvalatiunii and Students Complex of Timişoara.

[Nutrients in food intake of medical students, Timişoara].

In the human feeding an important role is realized by the feeding customs, not always being related with a healthy feeding. In our study we wanted to realize a qualitative and quantitative estimation of the nutritive factors in Timişoara medical students food intake. As method we used nourishment investigation with a feeding notebook (the memory technique), distributed individually, 7 days consequently in a sample formed from 50 students of Timişoara Medical School, sample which was homogenous and statistically representative.

[Frequency of food additives in mass-consumed food products].

In the effected study we wanted to reveal the richest foods in additives and the most frequent used additives. As material we used a sample formed from 100 food products investigated in a supermarket, and the method consisted in data registration of food additives written on the labels of the original packages with statistical analysis. We could not establish the food additive concentrations in foods because we have no adequate technology.