Biomedical subjects

F D Petrariu

Publications and source records attributed to F D Petrariu.

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[Specifics of food intake by schoolchildren in the rural areas of Moldova].

149 schoolchildren, 14-15 years old, from 4 rural communities pending on 4 different Moldova counties have been investigated using the one day questionnaire technique. From the entire studied group, only 7.4% are do not eat breakfast before attending school. 35.5% of the schoolchildren consider their sugar intake to be excessive, without taking into account the sugar major role in nervous cell function. The average daily intake for fresh fruits, vegetables and milk is in most cases adequate, but significant differences are present between the communities, related with the socio-economic status of the families and, also, with nutritional.

Adolescent↗

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[New trends in contraception].

Since the beginning of the world, humans are trying to find methods to allow the control of their fertility. Up to the present, more than a hundred methods of contraception were developed, most of them being derivatives from the first hormonal used methods. The reality of the modern world has imposed the necessity of focusing the research in this field in order to develop the "ideal contraceptive". There are three main areas of research, with already encouraging results: various combinations of hormonal and barrier methods, the contraceptive vaccines, and the systemic methods for men. This article presents a synthesis of the latest contraceptive technologies available on the market, and the main areas of research in this field, separated by gender.

Contraception↗

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[Current issues regarding organic food].

Destruction and pollution of soil and ground water resources is probably the most important ecological problem facing the next generation. Checkable standards which certify healthy food products are required by the regulation on organic farming of the EU and should also be applied for conventional food production. Ecological food contains at least 95% of ingredients from an organic farming environment, without interference from pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or other chemicals and it is totally different from dietary, functional, enriched, fortified, probiotic food. Ecological food is tastier and contains more essential amino-acids, vitamin C, and micro-nutriments than usual food. Two major effects generated by choosing ecological food are the environmental protection and human' health improvement. Buying an ecological product represents the effect of a certain attitude. Children's nutrition starts with the most genuine ecological product: breast milk. Every parent should give to his child healthy and tasty food, for proper development. Decreasing artificial chemicals in the diet and the environment represents the first step to a healthier life.

Agriculture↗