Zeynep Caferoglu

Erciyes Üniversitesi

Introduction This study aimed to investigate the association of diet quality (DQ) and dietary acid load (DAL) with insulin resistance (IR) in overweight children and adolescents. Materials and methods The study was conducted on 135 overweight participants aged 6–17 years. DQ was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015) and the HEI-2...

Purpose Intuitive eating (IE), an adaptive eating pattern characterized by eating in response to physiological hunger and satiety cues, has been associated with positive psychosocial and physical health outcomes. This study aimed to determine associations between IE behavior with body weight status and eating attitudes in dietetic students and diet...

Tip 2 diyabetes mellitus (T2DM) genetik, epigenetik ve çevresel faktörlerin karmaşık bir etkileşimi olan çok faktörlü bir hastalıktır. Tip 2 diyabetes mellitusun küresel sağlık ve ekonomik yük üzerinde önemli etkileri vardır. Biriken kanıtlar doğrultusunda bu hastalığın dünya genelinde insidansındaki artışı sadece genetik veya yetişkin çevresel koş...

Rationale: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by irregular menstruation, polycystic ovaries and hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, and obesity and has been seen in 5-20% of women depending on the diagnostic criteria used. Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship of Mediterranean diet adherence and anthropometric measurements w...

Background & Aims There are studies in the literature that consider only the opinions of older adults about food service or only the status of meeting dietary needs to evaluate the quality of food services. However, evaluating both satisfaction (residents’ perspective) and nutritional adequacy (experts’ perspective) together is important for ensuri...

Introduction This study aimed to investigate the association of diet quality (DQ) and dietary acid load (DAL) with insulin resistance (IR) in overweight children and adolescents. Materials and methods The study was conducted on 135 overweight participants aged 6–17 years. DQ was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015) and the HEI-2...

Amaç: Bu araştırmada, kronik böbrek yetmezliği (KBY) olan çocuk ve adölesanların diyetsel parametrelerinin (diyet kalitesi ve diyet asit yükü) incelenmesi ve malnütrisyon varlığı ile yaşam kaliteleri arasındaki ilişkinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırmaya, 2-18 yaş aralığındaki 76 KBY'li birey dahil edilmiştir. Geriye dön...

PurposeHyperinsulinemia is related to the development of several chronic diseases, particularly obesity. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the association between the insulinemic potential of both total diet and meals, measured by the glycemic index (GI), glycemic load (GL), insulin index (II), and insulin load (IL), and overweight risk among...

Fasting, which is important in many religions, is also one of the five pillars of Islam. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims do not eat, drink, smoke, and abstain from sexual activity from dawn to sunset. The month of Ramadan lasts for 29-30 days and the fasting period ranges from 10 to 20 hours depending on geographic location. The condition for...

Objectives: Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is characterized by a pathological obsession with healthy eating, and dietetic majors may have a potential risk of developing ON due to their occupation that necessitates consideration of optimal food choices. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of ON among a large sample of dietitians and dietetic stude...

Objective The natural probiotic kefir is fermented milk, and may have effects on satiety and voluntary energy intake. This randomized crossover trial aimed to determine whether kefir, consumed with low- or high-glycemic index meals, affects appetite and subsequent food intake. Methods Twenty four healthy females aged 21-24 years, were recruited fro...

Background: Having a low nephron number is a well-known risk factor for hypertension. There is an inverse relationship between the filtration surface area and systemic hypertension. A significant percentage of masked hypertension can be detected in children with nephron loss by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Methods: We prospective...

In type 1 diabetes, medical nutrition therapy is crucial for both preventing complications and maintaining metabolic control. The carbohydrate counting technique is accepted as the gold standard to provide optimal metabolic control as well as basic nutritional recommendations. However, recent studies have shown that pre-meal insulin doses adjusted...

Pregestasyonel diyabetli gebelerde maternal, fetal ve neonatal komplikasyonların ortaya çıkma riski artmaktadır. İntrauterin çevre; gen ekspresyonundaki değişiklikler, oksidatif stres ve epigenetik modifikasyon gibi yolaklar üzerinden fetal programlanmaya katkıda bulunur. Özellikle fetüsün maternal dönemde hiperglisemi ile karşılaşmış olması intrau...

Aims: Postprandial glycaemic variability carries on being a clinical challenge in optimizing glucose control in type 1 diabetes. The aim of this study was to compare the postprandial glycaemic effects of carbohydrate counting and food insulin index algorithms following the consumption of protein-rich, high-fat meals with different glycaemic index...

Amaç: Artmış diyet kalitesi, Tip 1 Diabetes Mellitus’ta (T1DM) iyi bir metabolik kontrol ve azalmış komplikasyon riski ile ilişkili olabilirken, günümüzde sıkça tüketilen Batı tarzı diyetlerin düşük diyet kalitesi ve yüksek diyet asit yüküne sahip olduğu gösterilmiştir. Bu araştırmada, T1DM’li çocuk ve adölesanların diyet kalitesi ve asit yükünün s...

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the association between diet quality and eating behavior and anthropometric measurements in young adult university students. Study Design: Volunteer university students aged 18–24 years were recruited into the study. A five-part questionnaire was applied to the participants. Socio-demographic charac...

Breakfast is the first meal consumed during the day and contributes to the daily recommended intake of energy, macro- and micronutrients. Breakfast consumption is defined as a feeding behavior that may prevent many health problems in children and adolescents. However, the frequency of breakfast consumption decreases from childhood to adolescence. R...

The food insulin index (II) is a novel classification to rank foods based on their physiologic insulin demand relative to an isoenergetic reference food and may be a valid predictor of postprandial insulin responses and appetite. This study aimed to compare the postprandial metabolic responses and appetite sensations to two macronutrient- and glyca...

Fenilketonüri (FKÜ) fenilalanin hidroksilaz enzimindeki yetersizlik sonucu oluşan otozomal resesif geçişli bir hasta-lıktır. FKÜ tedavisinin temel taşı; düşük fenilalanin (FA) içeriğine sahip olan diyet tedavisidir. FA kısıtlı diyet tedavi-si ciddi kognitif bozuklukları önlese de özellikle ergenlik ve yetişkinlik döneminde gerek kendileri gerekse a...

Beyin, retina ve diğer sinir dokuları uzun zincirli çoklu doymamış yağ asitlerinden (UZÇDYA) zengindir. Birçok klinik ve epidemiyolojik çalışma ile omega-3 UZÇDYA’ların çocukluk çağındaki nöral gelişim üzerine olumlu etkileri olduğu kanıtlanmıştır. Uzun zincirli ÇDYA’lar, diyetle alımları yeterli olduğu sürece temel elzem yağ asitlerinden endojen o...

The brain, retina and other nervous tissues are rich in long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA). Many clinical and epidemiological studies have proven omega-3 LCPUFA to produce positive effects on neural development in childhood. Long-chain PUFA can be synthesised endogenously from the parent essential fatty acids when dietary intakes are a...

Healthy lifestyle changes including promoting healthy eating habits and increasing the level of physical activity are the first steps in the treatment of childhood obesity. However, failure to achieve the desired success with traditional approaches has led clinicians to seek new treatments. One of the most interesting approaches has been diets base...

Lifestyle-related chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are known to be associated with postprandial glycemia and insulinemia. For this reason, researchers have sought out various methods that can control postprandial glycemia and insulinemia and have developed new concepts. The most important of these concepts is t...

Aim: The current study aims to determine the relationship between consumption of habitual breakfast on anthropometric measurements for students of Erciyes University. Subjects and Methods: 269 volunteer female university students with 21.16±1.56 mean age, attending ten different faculties and having nutritional education or not were recruited to th...

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the association between the regular milk consumption and insulin resistance in obese children and adolescents. Subjects and Methods: This research was carried out on 136 obese subjects aged 6-17 years. Frequency of milk consumption was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire and consumption five time...

Objective: The burdens imposed on a child and his/her parents by treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) adversely affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, HRQoL is important for prognosis and is related to metabolic control. To evaluate the HRQoL of Turkish children and adolescents with T1DM and to identify the effects of HRQo...

Today, many phytoestrogens are known as endocrine disrupters. They exert similar effects to human-made endocrine disrupting compounds on a number of molecular and cellular targets. Artificial endocrine disrupting compounds are generally considered as negative, however soya phytoestrogens are recognized as positive by public and clinicians. Moreover...

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication on nutritional status in children. Subjects and Methods: This research was carried out on 18 girls (30%) and 42 boys (70%) with ADHD whose ages range between 6-12 years. To determine the effects of medication, children were divided int...

İnsan vücudunda bulunan üç temel lipid türünden biri olan trigliseridlerin, plazmada düzeyinin normal değerlerin üzerine çıkması, hipertrigliseridemi olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Hipertrigliseridemi tanısı alan olgumuzun tedavisinde, düşük yağ oranına (toplam enerjinin %10'u ve %20'si) sahip beslenme programı uygulanmıştır. Ayrıca diyet yağının yarısı...