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Correlation of Fast Food Consumption and Overweight/Obesity among Undergraduate Students at the University of Hargeisa in Hargeisa, Somaliland

Dec 2025
Solomon Gebretsadik BerekaCorresponding author

Background Fast food consumption is the major cause of obesity and overweight in worldwide affecting more than 2 billion people, especially developing countries and low income countries. It can lead to hyperinsulinemia and development of insulin resistance, high energy density, high glycemic index,…

Insect-Based Foods: A Comprehensive Review on Nutritional Benefits and Environmental Sustainability

Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2768-5209.ijen-25-5732
Anvy S IsaacCorresponding author

The growing population demands and environmental concerns associated with traditional protein sources have prompted the exploration of alternative and sustainable food sources. The purpose of this comprehensive review is to highlight the nutritional benefits and sustainability of insect-based foods…

Global importance of supporting the krill to whale component of the pelagic food web associated with migrations following deep sea seamounts

Jul 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2643-0282.imsj-25-5590
Bruce R. HodgsonCorresponding author

The main diet of baleen whales is krill in the Arctic, Antarctic and during migrations in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Hence, the aim of this paper is to quantify the global importance of the krill to baleen whale component of the pelagic food web and possible feedback loops. That was un…

Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) Applications in Food Safety–Review

Dec 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2835-2165.jfsh-24-5371
Pradeep SarkateCorresponding author

One of the primary goals and aims of studying chemistry in society is the promotion of the well-being of humanity and the sustainable utilization of the available resources. Chemistry has played a significant role in water treatment, food production, energy production, and medicine, among other crit…

Effect of Ultra-Processed Foods Consumption on Sleep Disturbances Among Brazilian Adults’ Population: A Propensity Score Matching Approach

Dec 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4518.jsdr-23-4775
Rosendo ZangaCorresponding author

Background Diet, exercise and sleep are three pillars of a healthy life. These lifestyle factors influence one another in complex and dynamic ways. Consistent evidence exists about the bidirectional relationship between sleep patterns and food intake. Objectives We aim to assess the effect of the ul…

Emerging Demands of Nutraceuticals (Functional Foods) Among the Women During Pandemic: An Intensive Exploratory Study

Oct 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-22-4338
Mayuri Banerjee BhattacharyaCorresponding author

Corona pandemic resulted in huge burden on health care service sectors. Although pharmaceutical is the one of the largest industry in the world and predominant in health care services yet sudden outbreak of disease has questioned our ability of fighting back. The people across the globe have become…

Review on Public Health Effects of Aflatoxins in Milk and Milk-Based Foodstuffs of Dairy Cow

Mar 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-22-4105
Sadik Zakir AbaduraCorresponding author

Aflatoxins are toxigenic metabolites that are definitely occurring by lethal strains of Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus flavus that commonly dwell and colonize in feed components and various nutritive foodstuffs particularly milk and milk based products. This Review has three main objectives…

Indian Agriculture needs a Strategic Shift for Improving Fertilizer Response and Overcome Sluggish Foodgrain Production

Dec 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-21-4018
Raj GuptaCorresponding author

In India, loss of fertility through soil erosion is primarily a summer monsoons mediated phenomenon. Reversing the land degradation processes contribute to water availability, soil fertility maintenance, adapting to climate change and overall food security. Whereas kharif (monsoon/rainy season crop)…

Complementary Food Hygiene Practice among Mothers or Caregivers in Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Jul 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2835-2165.jfsh-20-3579
Shumi BedadaCorresponding author

Introduction Foodborne diseases are a major public health problem which predominantly affects infants and young children. Appropriate complementary food hygiene practice is very important to reduce the prevalence of foodborne illnesses. However, the information regarding this practice is not availab…

Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus): Health-Promoting Benefits and Food Preservative Properties

Jun 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-21-3874
Jeremy J. JohnsonCorresponding author

Natural food preservatives in the form of herb extracts and spices are increasing in popularity due to their potential to replace synthetic compounds traditionally used as food preservatives. Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) is an herb that has been traditionally used as an anti-inflammatory and analges…

The Effect of Food Intakes on Musculoskeletal Pains

Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2832-4048.jsm-20-3519
Seyedeh Nasim HabibzadehCorresponding author

Some certain foods or drinks have specific effects on musculoskeletal frameworks in time of pain. For instance, the extra intake of salt declines muscular spams (or cramps) in different limbs. The regular consumptions of milk products reduce the upper or lower musculature weakness and pain. The hot…

Aflatoxin Contamination in Animal-Derived Foods and Health Risks

May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-3100
Rahim AydinCorresponding author

Aflatoxins (AFs)B1, B2, G1, and G2 are important hepatotoxic mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus, and A. nominus. They are converted into metabolites of AFM1, AFM2, B2a, and aflatoxicol by cytochrome P450-related enzymes in the liver after digestion of the feed. These metabolit…

Food Pyramid - The Principles of a Balanced Diet

Feb 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3199
Monica BUTNARIUCorresponding author

The need to understand the relation of man to food, determines the existence of appropriate behavior as well as an attitude in accordance with the modalities that determine human development and evolution, under this structural aspect. A proper diet is the one that provides the amount of nutrients c…

Climate Change-Land Degradation-Food Security Nexus: Addressing India’s Challenge

Oct 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-19-3015
Raj GuptaCorresponding author

Monsoon rains provide relief from the sweltering summer heat conditions, replenish depleted profile moisture to breathe new life in soils. With appropriate management of rain water, Indian summer monsoons boost the level of ‘reservoir of life’. Our inability to manage spatial and temporal rainfall v…

Assessing Performance of Cattle Dung and Waste Cooked Foods in Producing Biogas as Single Substrate and Mixed Substrates in Kampala Uganda

Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2377-2549.jndc-19-2701
J Mutesasira,Corresponding author External studies department, Institute of distance Education, Makerere University

Biogas is anaerobic degradation product formed from aqueous slurry of organic waste in a digester. It can be produced from cattle dung,(cd)chicken droppings, decaying leaves, kitchen waste foods(kwf), sewage sludge, slaughter house, goat, pig or sheep manure, Aqueous slurry of 200g/L of mixed or sin…

Oregano (Origanium Vulgare) Extract for Food Preservation and Improving Gastrointestinal Health

Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2703
Jeremy J. JohnsonCorresponding author

The Mediterranean diet has long been known to provide a variety of health benefits including cardiovascular protection, cancer prevention, and lowering gastrointestinal inflammation. Oregano (Origanium vulgare) is an herb prominent in the Mediterranean diet, and has been shown to possess several bio…

Developing Cellular & Molecular Biomarkers for Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Probiotic Bacteria in Fermented Foods

Mar 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2578
Farid E. AhmedCorresponding author

We present below a mechanistic cellular and molecular approaches for the development of Anti-Inflammatory biomarkersof Probiotic Bacteria in Fermented Foods. Probiotics are live microorganisms that promote human health by counteracting the noxious toxic gut microflora in human intestine, by modulati…

A Report on Water, Energy and Food Relationship

Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2585
Di-Yun ChenCorresponding author

With the possibility of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus since a long time back, overlooked interlinkages between WEF are getting the chance to be indisputable. Nonetheless, agriculture is responsible for quite a bit of fresh water over-use. Food production further effects the water and energy sect…

Functional Food

Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2615
Monica ButnariuCorresponding author

The notion that foods have health promotion effects beyond their nutritional value has been increasingly accepted in recent years, and the specific effects of nutrition prevention on disease have led to the discovery of functional foods. Functional foods are products that contain various biologicall…

Recovery Time from Severe Acute Malnutrition and Development of Complementary Food Supplement For Affected Ethiopian Children

Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2599
Prasad PCJ ReddyCorresponding author

Background: Severe acute mal nutrition (SAM) among children still remains the major problem in Ethiopia. The shortening of the SAM recovery time by applying appropriate dietary means during treatment and also after recovery, can save huge sums of public health spending. Objectives: Determining the r…

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