Teaching biological sciences can be made more stimulating for students through the use of experimentation. This manuscript presents two different yet complementary protocols that can be utilized in the classroom to encourage students to formulate and test hypotheses related to high-calorie diets, starvation, and aging.

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Using Low-Cost Dyes to Visualize Glycogen Accumulation and Gut Integrity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a transparent, non-parasitic nematode with a simple biology, which makes it a great tool for biological sciences ...

This article describes the breakfast habits and the factors related to schoolchildren in a city of Brazil&#160;(Uruguaiana). To this end, a transcultural adaptation was performed of a questionnaire validated in Spain, and 470&#160;boys and girls from twelve&#160;schools were interviewed.

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Breakfast Habits among Schoolchildren in the City of Uruguaiana, Brazil

Breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day, and omitting it is associated with a greater probability of overweight and school absenteeism. ...

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