Corinthian currants finishing side-stream: Chemical characterization, volatilome, and valorisation through wine and baker's yeast production-technoeconomic evaluation.

The industrial currants finishing generates a considerable amount of side-stream (FSS) with great potential for biotechnological exploitation. The chemical composition of FSS generated from the premium quality Vostitsa currants was studied. Its use for wine making (at low temperatures, using both free and immobilized yeast) combined with baker's yeast production (with minor nutrient supplementation), is also proposed.

Accuracy and correlates of visual and verbal instruments assessing maternal perceptions of children's weight status: the Healthy Growth Study.

Objective: To examine the accuracy of maternal ability to classify their children's weight status correctly using a verbal and a visual classification instrument and to detect significant correlates of maternal misperceptions.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Primary schools in four counties from north, west, central and south Greece.

Social, economic and demographic correlates of overweight and obesity in primary-school children: preliminary data from the Healthy Growth Study.

Objective: To record the prevalence of overweight and obesity in urban primary-school children in relation to several socio-economic and demographic factors.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting/subjects: A representative sample of 729 schoolchildren (379 male and 350 female), aged 9-13 years, stratified by parental educational level, was examined in the urban region of Athens.