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Background: There have been multiple studies carried out in many countries with regard to the use of nonvitamin, nonmineral (NVNM) supplements. These studies have shown that the use of NVNM supplements is on the increase throughout the world, particularly in western countries. The aim of this study was to assess the extent of NVNM supplement use among Turkish university students.

Objective. The results from Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) have propounded the importance of the approach of treatment by medical nutrition when treating diabetes mellitus (DM). During this study, we tried to inquire carbohydrate (Kh) count method's positive effects on the type 1 DM treatment's success as well as on the life quality of the patients. Methods. 22 of 37 type 1 DM patients who applied to Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, had been treated by Kh count method and 15 of them are treated by multiple dosage intensive insulin treatment with applying standard diabetic diet as a control group and both of groups were under close follow-up for 6 months. Required approval was taken from the Ethical Committee of Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty, as well as informed consent from the patients. The body weight of patients who are treated by carbohydrate count method and multiple dosage intensive insulin treatment during the study beginning and after 6-month term, body mass index, and body compositions are analyzed. A short life quality and medical research survey applied. At statistical analysis, t-test, chi-squared test, and Mann-Whitney U test were used. Results. There had been no significant change determined at glycemic control indicators between the Kh counting group and the standard diabetic diet and multiple dosage insulin treatment group in our study. Conclusion. As a result, Kh counting method which offers a flexible nutrition plan to diabetic individuals is a functional method.

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Background: The prevalence of child obesity is increasing rapidly worldwide as well as Turkey due to skipped main meals and increased snacking. The objectives were to study the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in a group of Turkish children, and to analyze the relationship between eating habits and lifestyle and obesity. Methods: The study was carried out in 6 schools in urban regions in the city of Eskisehir, Western Turkey between February and May2008. Atotal of 1421 students aged 7 - 14 years (708 boys and 713 girls) were examined. Eating habits and life-style were obtained by evaluation of a standard set of 15 questions prepared using the literature. Results: Most obese students reported having a snack in the afternoon, not spending at least five hours of leisure time per week in physical activities, being high income level, that their mother’ education level was university, eating less fruits, eating less vegetables, having more dessert after any meal, eating more potato chips, watching television more, living a physically active life less, less breast feeding, that their father consumed alcohol, that their father was overweight/ obese, their mother wase overweight/obese (statistically important relationships for each one). Conclusions: A small portion of 7 - 14-year-old Turkish children are at increased health risk owing to overweight and obesity in an urban po- pulation in a developing country.

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is classified in three class: HF with preserved EF (HFpEF); normal or LVEF ≥ 50%, HF with reduced EF (HFrEF); LEVF < 40% and newly HF mid-range EF (HFmrEF); LVEF 40-49%. On Electrocardiography (ECG) T wave, Tpeak-Tend (Tp-Te) interval reflects transmural dispersion of repolarisation (TDR) which of these indexes have been proposed as predictors of risk for ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in many cardiac diseases. AIM: Aim of this study to asses these indices of TDR among three HF class. METHODS: Total of 192 patients were included in this study. RESULTS: Many of indices like Tp-Te, Tp-Te/QT wasn’t different between groups (P > 0.05). But mean Q-Tpeak (QTp), S-Tend (S-Te) and S-Tpeak (S-Tp) were found significantly different between groups (P < 0.05). Again S-Te was found different according to having fragmented QRS (fQRS) on ECG (P = 0.031). Comparing to mitral inflow E/A parameters showed significant differences for Tp-Te, Tp-Tec, Tp-Te/QT, Tp-Te/QTc and Tp-Tec/QTc parameters. Finally, we found correlations between S-Te and white blood cell (WBC) (r = - 0.171; P = 0.037) and S-Tp and WBC (r = - 0.170; P = 0.038) and between S-Te and fQRS (r = 0.158; P = 0.031). CONCLUSIONS: We didn’t find differences for many of indices of TDR like Tp-Te interval between groups except QTp, S-Te, S-Tp intervals. Also, S-Te and fQRS showed significant correlation. For prediction of ventricular arrhythmia and cardiovascular death newer indexes on ECG are needed to be established in the future which will make us facilitate to distinguish high risk patients.

BACKGROUND: Arrhythmic disorders in the aortic aneurysm (AA) have been rarely reported. AIM: The study aimed to assess the repolarisation indices of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) (mainly Tp-Te interval and Tp-Te/QT ratio) in patients with AA. METHODS: A group of 98 patients with AA and 75 patients as control were recruited. Many of indices of ventricular arrhythmia were assessed. RESULTS: Many of indices like QT, QTc, QTpc, Tp-Te/QT, Tp-Te/QTc, Tp-Tec/QTc, S-Tp, S-Tpc, S-Te, S-Tec and fQRS were found to be significantly different in AA group (for all P < 0.05). However, QTp, mean Tp-Te and Tp-Tec were not found different (for all P < 0.05). Aortic diameter (Ao-D) was found to have a positive correlation with QTc, QTpc, S-Tp, S-Tpc, S-Te, S-Tec, fQRS (for all P < 0,05) and negative correlation withTp-Te/QT (P = 0.047). The best cut-off level for prediction of Tp-Te ≥100 ms was found the Ao-D > 43.5 mm in ROC analysis (AUC: 0.69; P = 0.151) with sensitivity 60% and specificity 79.6%. CONCLUSIONS: Although our study did not find any differences for mean Tp-Te interval between groups, many of other indexes of TDR were found to be significantly different. Ao-D was found to have significant correlations with many indices.

Bu çalışma Üniversitede Beslenme ve Diyetetik öğrenimini sürdüren öğrenciler ile bu alan dışında eğitim alan öğrencilerin yeme tutumlarını karşılaştırmak amacıyla planlanmıştır. GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: 54 beslenme ve diyetetik 3. sınıf öğrencisi (Grup 1), 53 diğer bölümlerin 3. sınıfında eğitimine devam eden öğrenciye (Grup2) Aralık 2017 tarihinde Yeme Tutum Testi (EAT) uygulanmış, ayrıca yaş, boy, kilo sorgulanmış ve Body Mass Indeks (BMI) hesaplanmıştır. Veriler SPSS 21.0 versiyonunda girilmiştir. İstatistiksel olarak Chi-Square, Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon W, Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Testleri ile değerlendirilmiştir. Değerlendirmede p<0.005 anlamlı kabul edilmiştir. BULGULAR: İki grubun ortalama EAT skorları değerlendirildiğinde anlamlı bir fark bulunmadı (p=0.498). Elde edilen ortalama puanların düşük olması her iki grubunda negatif yeme tutumu sergilemediğini düşündürmüştür. Ancak kesme puanı değerlendirmesinde her iki gruptada yeme bozukluğu görülmektedir. Gruplar arası kilo ve BMI karşılaştırmalarında Grup 1'in ideal kilolarına daha yakın oldukları tespit edilmiş ve anlamlı fark saptanmıştır (p=0.005). SONUÇ: Yapılan çalışmanın örneklemi küçük olması ile birlikte hem beslenme ve diyetetik hemde diğer üniversite öğrencileri arasında negatif yeme tutumu davranışının arttığını ifade edebiliriz.