Background: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and subsequent quarantine could raise the risk of food inadequacy and nutrition deficiency crises. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on household food security in Jordan, determined the percentage of food security and the levels of food insecurity during the quarantine, determined the associated factor with food insecurity, and determined main food groups associated with FINS during the quarantine. Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a Web-based validated questionnaire. The Food Insecurity Experience Scale was used to measure the food insecurity during the first four weeks of the quarantine, and a modified food consumption score was used to determine the number of times the household consumes each food group. Univariate and multiple logistic regression models were used to describe, explore, and predict risk factors correlated with food insecurity among Jordanians, during the first four weeks of the quarantine. Results: A total of 3129 Jordanians had responded to the assessment and fully answered the questionnaire. 23.1% of the total participants were severe food insecure, while 36.1% were moderate food insecure, 40.7% were food secure. The regression model demonstrated the monthly income per capita below the poverty line and a number of the family member (1e4 and 5e7) associated significantly with moderate food insecurity (OR: 5.
The effect of date palm fruit feeding (to female Sprague-Dawley rats with 7,12-dimethylbenz(␣)anthracene-induced mammary cancer) on the hormone 17--estradiol concentration was compared to that of feeding soybean seeds and injection with two drugs (one preventive against and the other curative for 7,12-dimethylbenz(␣)anthracene-induced mammary cancer i,e. tamoxifen and the hormone 17--estradiol). The date palm fruit raised the hormone concentration significantly (p < 0.05). The hormone concentration was positively correlated with the palpable tumor latency, and negatively correlated with tumor incidence rate and multiplicity. It is concluded that the preventive effect of the date palm fruit against 7,12-dimethylbenz(␣)anthraceneinduced mammary cancer is related to the effect on the hormone 17--estradiol.
Clinical Nutrition Open Science 38 (2021) 33e42 rutin/100 g) of the fruits was: jujube > banana > strawberry > figs > black grapes > white grapes > pomegranate > Indian figs > guava. On the other hand, the antioxidant capacity (M trolox/100 g) of the fruits was: guava > white grapes > Jujube > strawberry > pomegranate > black grapes > banana > figs > Indian figs. The antioxidant capacity (vitamin C mg/ml extract) of the fruits was: jujube > guava > black grapes > pomegranate > figs > strawberry > white grapes > Indian figs > banana. Conclusion: Different extracts of fruits showed significantly (P < 0.05) different antioxidant contents and capacities. Water solvent was the best extraction for antioxidant contents among most of the nine seasonal fruits. Significant correlations between antioxidant content and antioxidant capacity of the studied fruits were found.
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