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AIM: Aim of the study was to determine food insecurity in families presenting to our hospital and the sociodemographic characteristics of those families. METHODS: A survey consisting of 18 questions was administered to the parents of the patients applying to our hospital's pediatric polyclinic in September 01-30, 2011. The administered survey was adapted by us to Turkish from the Household Food Security Survey Module of the American Ministry of Agriculture. The survey was administered to all patients by the same researcher. RESULTS: The study enrolled 283 families. Of the parents filling out the survey 208 (73.5%) were mothers, 53 (18.7%) were fathers and 22 (7.8%) other relatives (grandmother, aunt and uncle). Eighty-two (29%) families were determined to be food secure, 58 (20.5%) borderline food secure, 86 (30.4%) food insecure and 57 (20.1%) severely food insecure. CONCLUSION: Food insecurity ratio in the families presenting to our hospital was found to be fairly high. In our country studies associated with food insecurity should be conducted in larger areas and a higher number of families should be enrolled.
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Family , Food Supply/statistics & numerical data , Parents , Female , Humans , Male , Surveys and Questionnaires , Tertiary Care Centers , TurkeyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To reveal the possible role of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetic children. METHODS: Twenty-five newly diagnosed children and 22 healthy children were included in the study. RESULTS: In oral glucose tolerance tests, no correlation was observed between C-peptide and GLP-1 levels at 0 and 30 minutes, and plasma GLP-1 levels in both groups at 0 and 30 minutes were not statistically different. CONCLUSION: Consequently, fasting and postprandial GLP-1 levels in newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetic children are not different from healthy children. Glucagon-like peptide-1 levels in newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetic children suggest that plasma GLP-1 levels do not have any role in the pathogenesis of Type 1 diabetes mellitus.