[ relationship between dietary patterns, body image, and anxiety in adolescents' male students]

Introduction: Dietary patterns and psychological health have strong relationship. People with unfit body may experience few mental problems. The present study examined the association between dietary patterns and anxiety in middle school students

Methods: The research is descriptive and correlational. The study population included guidance school students who were studying in the academic year 2013-14 in the Baharestan city, in Tehran province. The population sample of 220 students from schools was chosen by multi-stage cluster sampling method. Research measurements including, Spence Children's Anxiety Scale, and food-frequency questionnaire [FFQ] were utilized. The Data were analyzed using inferential statistics factor analysis, logistic regression, and Spearman correlation coefficients

Results: Factor analysis showed that both healthy and unhealthy dietary patterns among subjects had the highest dispersion Justifying 34.11 percent of the total Variance of consumption. Spearman correlation showed a significant positive correlation between anxiety and unhealthy eating patterns [P<0.0005]. Logistic regression analysis showed that most students with unhealthy eating patterns are more likely to suffer from anxiety [P<0.0005]. The other part of the logistic regression model showed that students who show unhealthier dietary pattern have a worse body image

Conclusion: the present results indicated that there is a relationship between dietary patterns, body image, and anxiety. Furthermore, people with unhealthy food patterns have a poorer body image and are more anxious

Immunological study of generalized tonic-clinic epilepsy and febrile convulsions in children

The study included 50 children presenting with recurrent generalized tonic-clonic convulsions [40 epileptic children and 10 patients with febrile convulsions]. Epileptic patients were divided into 2 groups: Untreated group [20 cases did not receive any anticonvulsant medication prior to the study] and the treated group [20 cases received anticonvulsant medication for at least 6 months; carbamazepine, 10 cases, and phenytoin, 10 cases. Electroencephalograms [EEG] were done for all cases and computerized brain tomograms [CAT] were done for 40 epileptic cases. Immunological study included determination of serum and cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] immunoglobulins [IgA, M, G]. 10 normal control children were subjected to determination of serum IgA, M, G. The results were discussed

Genodermatoses

This study included 40 cases with various skin manifestations with a possible genetic background. Their ages ranged from 4 days to 12 years. All cases were subjected to detailed history taking with a pedigree done and a thorough general medical examination with special emphasis on the neurological and dermatologic examination [skin, mucous membrane, hair, nails and teeth]. Special investigations done were: Fundus examination [9 cases], intelligence quotient [14 cases], electroencephalogram [13 cases], computed brain tomograms [11 cases], abdominal ultrasonography [5 cases], determination of serum immunoglobulins [Ig A, E, G] and alpha fetoprotein [one case] and skin biopsy [7 cases]. Results are presented in tables and figures and discussed

Oral thrush and failure to thrive: a viscous circle

There is a viscous circle that exists between oral thrush and failure to thrive effected through anorexia and food refusal. In an attempt to break this circle, the predisposing factors for oral thrush were evaluated in 100 children [50 males and 50 females] complaining of failure to thrive [secondary to oral thrush], where more than one factor were involved. Their incidence, in descending order of frequency, was malnutrition, dehydration, poor oral hygiene, oral antibiotic therapy, anti-emetic therapy, concomitant maternal candidosis, local corticosteroid therapy and systemic corticosteroid therapy. Thus, it is valuable to circumvent such predisposing factors so as to avoid both further failure to thrive and further candidal dissemination producing chronic muco-cutaneous candidiosis, or even the occasionally fatal candidal sepsis