Objective: Nutritional status directly affects the growing up of children in terms of physical and mental development. In the urban slums the underprivileged children lag behind the basic necessary amount of food and nutrition which is likely to lead to their ill development. This study was undertaken to investigate the dietary food intake pattern among urban slum dwelling children attending schools Dhaka city and to examine the association with various social factors. Material & Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study among 396 school going children who are residents of slums in different parts of Dhaka Metropolitan city. Findings: The age of the children were categorized into three age groups; Mean age for the children of age group-1 was 6.51 (±1.01) years, for the age group-2 was 9.24 (±1.09) years and for the age group-3 was 12.5 (±0.91) years. In 77.8 % of the cases the child gets three meals per day but inadequate in amount. In most of the cases the common foods were rice, lentil, potato and green leafy vegetables. The food frequencies reported by the children were; eggs: 1.4 times per week, milk: 1.2 times per week, meat: 0.4 times per week, fish: 2.8 times per week and fruits 2.9 times per week. Those children from families with lower incomes and less educated parents had a dietary pattern which tended to be poor regarding egg, milk, meat and fruit. Conclusion: The diets of these urban slum school children were inadequate for macronutrients and micronutrient, which is a danger for significant nutritional and health implications. The need to develop healthy food supply and habits should be emphasized.  

Background: An appropriate food pattern is important for healthy lifestyle in different sex and age groups like students. This study was designed to investigate intake of food groups according to My Plate food pattern among university students.Methods: One hundred and thirty university students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz participated in this study. General questionnaire was filled from all participants.The picture of My Plate pattern was shown to all students, then asked them to show their food pattern by filling two distinct blank My Plate picture (one of them was including current food pattern and another including preferred food pattern), then the drawing surface of each food group was determined by geometrical analysis and was compared with standard My Plate pattern.Result: University student boys had more current intake of grain compared with student girls (P=0.018), but preferred intake of grain had no significant difference between boys and girls. Fruit and vegetable current consumption was higher among girls compared with boys (P=0.05 and P=0.002 respectively), and girls preferred to have more intake of vegetables than boys (P=0.001). Protein consumption in boys was more than girls (P=0.006) and both genders preferred to just a little decrease in their protein consumption. Current and preferred dairy products intake didn’t show any significant differences between boys and girls.Conclusion: Differences in grain products and protein intakes between boys and girls university students return to protein and calorie requirements but the important point is less intake of fruits and vegetable in boys university students compared with girls.

Background: There is limited evidence regarding the risk factors and nutritional patterns in patients with premature coronary artery disease (PCAD). This study aims to investigate the relationship between different dietary patterns and risk factors in patients with PCAD. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on PCAD patients, including men younger than 55 years and women younger than 65 years, who underwent coronary angiography in the Angiography Department of the Shahid Mohamadi Hospital, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Anthropometric and clinical examination, demographic questionnaires, and containing dietary intake and physical activity questionnaires were filled for all participants. Results: The most prevalent risk factors for obstructive PCAD in the 65 selected patients were family history of coronary artery disease (CAD) (73%), hypertension (52%), and overweight/obesity (50%). Daily consumption of hydrogenated fats (P = 0. 008) and high-fat milk (P < 0. 001) were significantly higher in obstructive PCAD patients compared to non-obstructive and non-PCAD patients. Daily consumption of fruits was significantly higher in non-obstructive and non-PCAD patients compared to obstructive PCAD patients (P = 0. 039). Conclusion: Family history of CAD, hypertension, and obesity were found to be the most common risk factors among obstructive PCAD patients. According to the findings, increased consumption of high-fat milk and hydrogenated fats may increase the risk of PCAD, whereas, daily consumption of fruits may reduce the risk of PCAD.