Dietary risk factors and therapy outcomes of swallowing-related problems in laryngopharyngeal reflux: patients’ perspectives by Nesreen Fathi Mahmoud, Aliaa Abd El-Aziz Atta, Moamena Said Elhamouly, Ahmed Ali Abdelmonem, Samia El-Sayed Bassiouny

“…Results Analysis of data regarding the role of diet as a risk factor for reflux revealed that 33 patients (55%) are eating meat, 56 patients (93.3%) eating fat, 45 patients (75%) eating sweet, 55 patients (91.7%) eating spicy food, 52 patients (96.7%) eating fried food, 34 patients (56.7%) drinking tea, 51 patients (85%) eating big meals, 21 patients (35%) drinking fruit juices, 54 patients (90%) eating sour foods, 51 patients (85%) eating citrus fruits, and 22 patients (36.7%) smokers. …”
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Household costs incurred when seeking and receiving paediatric tuberculosis services: a survey in Cameroon and Kenya by Nyashadzaishe Mafirakureva, Sushant Mukherjee, Lise Denoeud-Ndam, Rose Otieno-Masaba, Boris Tchounga, Millicent Anyango Ouma, Stephen Siamba, Saint-Just Petnga, Patrice Tchendjou, Martina Casenghi, Appolinaire Tiam, Peter J Dodd

“…The main cost drivers across both countries were direct non-medical costs (transportation and food), 52%; and medical costs, 34%. Approximately 50% of households reported experiencing dissavings (taking a loan, or selling an asset) to deal with costs related to TB disease. …”
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Analysis of fat and fatty acid intake of urban residents over 3 years old in Guangdong Province by CHEN Debin, CHEN Shaowei, HUANG Rui, WANG Ping, CHEN Zihui, ZHANG Yonghui

“…Fat intake mainly came from animal food (52.8%) and vegetable oil (30.9%). The proportion of total fat from vegetable oil in small and medium-sized cities was higher than that in large cities (32.7% vs 27.7%, P<0.05). …”
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Effect of Dry Season Tomato Farming on Poverty Alleviation among Women Farmers in Niger State, Nigeria by R S Olaleye, I S Umar, M A Ndanitsa

“…Results showed that many of the women (61.7%),usually sold their produce at the village markets ,mostly every week either in retails or in bulks or both(47.6%) with an estimated monthly income of between N6,000 and N15,000 by many of them (63%).In view of this, their expenditure performances indicated that many of the women farmers were above average in meeting the following basic  needs; food (52%), clothing (48.1%), housing (57%),health care (39.9%) and children’s education (19.4%).Generally the effect of dry season tomato farming  on poverty reduction as indicated by majority of  the women farmers was on the high side. …”
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Effect of Dry Season Tomato Farming on Poverty Alleviation among Women Farmers in Niger State, Nigeria by R S Olaleye, I S Umar, M A Ndanitsa

“…Results showed that many of the women (61.7%),usually sold their produce at the village markets ,mostly every week either in retails or in bulks or both(47.6%) with an estimated monthly income of between N6,000 and N15,000 by many of them (63%).In view of this, their expenditure performances indicated that many of the women farmers were above average in meeting the following basic  needs; food (52%), clothing (48.1%), housing (57%),health care (39.9%) and children’s education (19.4%).Generally the effect of dry season tomato farming  on poverty reduction as indicated by majority of  the women farmers was on the high side. …”
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Effect of Dry Season Tomato Farming on Poverty Alleviation among Women Farmers in Niger State, Nigeria by R S Olaleye, I S Umar, M A Ndanitsa

“…Results showed that many of the women (61.7%),usually sold their produce at the village markets ,mostly every week either in retails or in bulks or both(47.6%) with an estimated monthly income of between N6,000 and N15,000 by many of them (63%).In view of this, their expenditure performances indicated that many of the women farmers were above average in meeting the following basic  needs; food (52%), clothing (48.1%), housing (57%),health care (39.9%) and children’s education (19.4%).Generally the effect of dry season tomato farming  on poverty reduction as indicated by majority of  the women farmers was on the high side. …”
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Acceptability Analysis of 3D-Printed Food in the Area of the Czech Republic Based on Survey by Karolina Tesikova, Lucie Jurkova, Simona Dordevic, Hana Buchtova, Bohuslava Tremlova, Dani Dordevic

“…On the contrary, they perceived that quality raw materials would be used to prepare printed foods (52.4%; <i>n</i> = 606). Most respondents believed that printed foods would be visually appealing and would find application in several food industry sectors. …”
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A novel web-based 24-h dietary recall tool in line with the Nova food processing classification: description and evaluation by Daniela Neri, Kamila Tiemann Gabe, Caroline Dos Santos Costa, Euridice Martinez Steele, Fernanda Rauber, Dirce Maria Marchioni, Maria Laura da Costa Louzada, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Carlos Augusto Monteiro

“…Results: No statistically significant differences were observed between the Nova24h and the reference tool mean contributions of unprocessed or minimally processed foods (52·3 % v. 52·6 %), processed culinary ingredients (11·6 % v. 11·9 %), processed foods (17·1 % v. 14·7 %) and ultra-processed foods (19·0 % v. 20·9 %). …”
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