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The objective of this study was to test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a store-based dietary education intervention against traditional clinic-based advice. Patients with obesity (n = 55, mean [standard deviation, SD] age 44.3[9.2] years, 64% women, 87% non-Hispanic Black) were randomized to receive dietary counselling either in a grocery store or a clinic. Change between groups (analysis of covariance) was assessed for outcomes including: dietary quality (Healthy Eating Index--2005 [0-100 points]), and nutritional knowledge (0-65-point knowledge scale). Both groups reported improved diet quality at the end of the study. Grocery participants had greater increases in knowledge (mean [SD] change = 5.7 [6.1] points) than clinic participants (mean [SD] change = 3.2 [4.0] points) (P = 0.04). Participants enjoyed the store-based sessions. Grocery store-based visits offer a promising approach for dietary counselling.
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Obesity/diet therapy , Patient Education as Topic/methods , Adult , Ambulatory Care/methods , Commerce , Counseling/methods , Diet , Energy Intake/physiology , Female , Food/economics , Health Behavior , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Male , Nutritionists , Pilot Projects , Self Report , Weight Loss/physiologyABSTRACT
Metastatic disease is the most common cause of malignant liver lesion in the United States. This article focuses on the MR techniques utilized for evaluation of the liver for metastatic disease, the MR appearance of hepatic metastases, and several contrast agents being developed to further improve detection of focal hepatic lesions by MR imaging.
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Liver Neoplasms/diagnosis , Liver Neoplasms/secondary , Liver/pathology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Contrast Media , Diagnostic Imaging , HumansSubject(s)
Abortion, Veterinary/etiology , Border Disease/immunology , Border Disease/transmission , Border disease virus/pathogenicity , Fetus/virology , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/veterinary , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Birth Weight , Border Disease/pathology , Female , Pregnancy , SheepSubject(s)
Abortion, Veterinary/pathology , Border Disease/immunology , Border Disease/transmission , Border disease virus/pathogenicity , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/veterinary , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Border Disease/pathology , Border disease virus/immunology , Female , Mucous Membrane/virology , Pregnancy , SheepSubject(s)
Border Disease/transmission , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/veterinary , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Border Disease/epidemiology , Border Disease/etiology , Border Disease/pathology , Brain/pathology , Female , New Zealand/epidemiology , Pregnancy , Sheep , Spinal Cord/pathologySubject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy , Bronchitis/drug therapy , Common Cold/drug therapy , Humans , Laryngitis/drug therapy , Otitis Media/drug therapy , Pharyngitis/drug therapy , Sinusitis/drug therapy , Tonsillitis/drug therapy , Tracheitis/drug therapyABSTRACT
Single and double gel-diffusion techniques were employed to examine serologically coagulase-positive staphylococci from cheese for enterotoxigenicity. Supernatant fluid from sac cultures was examined for enterotoxins A and B. The results indicated that 9 of 155 cultures from market cheese and 7 of 77 cultures from food-poisoning cheese produced enterotoxin A, and that none of the cultures produced detectable levels of enterotoxin B. Results of serological tests were confirmed by intravenous injection of cats.
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Food specimens (490) in nine categories were examined for total aerobic plate count and numbers and types of coliform organisms, including the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EEC). The total counts were compared with various suggested standards, and a limit of 100,000/g appeared to be a realistic goal, except for certain food types with a high level of natural flora. Plate counts in VRB were compared to counts obtained by isolation by enrichment in LST Broth, and the latter method produced a higher percentage of isolations. The presence of E. coli was determined by use of EC Medium incubated at 44.5 +/- 0.1 C. Only 40.4% of the positive EC tubes, however, contained E. coli. It appeared that a limit of 10 coliform organisms per g as a suggested standard could be met with several types of foods. Isolation of EEC was obtained only three times, or in 0.6% of the specimens.
