Prity Pugo Gunsam

University of Mauritius | UoM · Department of Biosciences

Background: Salivary changes and proliferation of specific bacterial communities are known to result in oral disease which may adversely impact on systemic conditions like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Objectives: This study reports on the changes in oral ecology of healthy and diseased adults and the possible role in disease causation....

Objective: To determine Mauritian consumers' attitudes toward nutritional labels based on the Kano model and to identify determinants of the use and understanding of nutrition labels. Design: The researchers also used a Kano model questionnaire to determine consumers' attitudes toward nutrition labeling. Setting: Four hundred consumers residin...

Proper breastfeeding practices are effective ways for reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. While many mothers understand the importance of breastfeeding, others are less knowledgeable on the benefits of breastfeeding and weaning. The aim in here is to assess breastfeeding pattern, infant formula feeding pattern, and weaning introduction in M...

The aging population (60 years and above) is becoming a global phenomenon and so is in Mauritius and over the last 4 years there has been an increase of 20.4%. There is an inadequate nutrition-related data among the older adults in Mauritius and in addition the factors influencing eating habits warrant investigation. This study aimed to understand...

Purpose This paper seeks to assess the oral health status and behaviour of a sample of the Mauritian population visiting private dental clinics. Design/methodology/approach Oral health status was determined using the World Health Organization (Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT) index indicating the prevalence of caries, and factors associated w...

Purpose – It is known that individuals who are prone to food hypersensitivity also show allergy‐associated problems or hypersensitivities to allergens. At present there is scarcity of data pertaining to food allergy in Mauritius. Thus, this article aims to focus on the investigation of the prevalence of food allergy in Mauritius. Design/methodolog...

The fatty acid compositions of white adipose tissue, colostrum and mature milk triacylglycerols from Mauritian (n 13) and French (n 15) women were analysed and compared in order to highlight cultural differences in dietary intakes and their influence on milk fatty acid composition. Erythrocyte phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine fatty...

Factors other than dietary fatty acids could be involved in the variability observed in blood docosahexaenoate (22:6n-3) and arachidonate (20:4n-6) status in formula-fed infants. We considered the 22:6n-3 and 20:4n-6 status at birth to be one of these factors and studied its influence on postnatal changes in term infants fed 4 different diets. The...