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M Ciampolini

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PubMed1991

Serum lipids in celiac children.

The plasma lipid levels were investigated in 45 celiac children under 3 years of age and 49 over this age at diagnosis (untreated groups), after gluten-free diet and in comparison with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) groups matched for size, gender, and age. Total and HDL cholesterol levels were significantly lower and triglycerides higher in celiac untreated children than in IBS control children in both age groups. HDL cholesterol significantly increased in both age groups after some months of gluten-free diet. Total and LDL cholesterol significantly increased and triglycerides decreased in the younger group of subjects after the period of gluten-free diet. These results may be useful for diagnostic purposes and to motivate a strict gluten-free diet in celiac children.

Adolescent↗
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Choices at weaning: main factor in ingestive behavior.

"Spontaneous," i.e., self-promoted, feeding without the promotion of offering of energy-dense food (eating incentives), was maintained for 7 months in a randomized, controlled, prospective, semiblind investigation in 88 2-year-old diarrheic children. This behavior was associated with 30% lower energy intake throughout the investigation period while normal growth and blood assessments were maintained and intestinal functions improved. The dependence of a child's energy intake on maternal administrative behavior at each meal was proposed. The energy content of each meal was thus investigated in relation to a preprandial request for food, glycemia, and acceptance of nonstarchy vegetables (NSV). A sample of 210 meals eaten by 10 children with chronic nonspecific diarrhea in the second year of life before mothers were instructed in spontaneous feeding was compared with 210 meals after 1.5 months of spontaneous feeding. Compliance, food weight, preprandial glycemia, and outdoor activities were reported by the mothers in 7-day diaries. Requests for food by the child before the meal was seen and acceptance of more than two-thirds of the prescribed amount of NSV were associated with significantly lower preprandial glycemia and lower energy intake in the investigation of all meals before and after instructions were given. Feeding children on demand and habitual NSV administration may safely educate children to avoid overeating after weaning.

Blood Glucose↗
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[Influence of environmental temperature on absorption of xylose in fasting animals].

The A. have studied 28 pairs of rats; 17 pairs received 1,1 g of soya oil; 7 pairs were starved. The partners were kept; one at the environmental temperature of 6 degrees C, the other at 30 degrees C. After a night, all rats were tested for xylose absorption. Xylose intestinal absorption in the rats kept at the environmental temperature of 30 degrees C after soya oil decreased of 42,88 +/- 8,14 of the value found at 6 degrees C; it decreased of 15,59 +/- 3,20% after a night of fast. Both decreases were significant (P less 0.01).

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