The aim of Turkish Foundation of Family Medicine (TAHEV) is to conduct scientific research and educational work particularly in the field of family medicine and also in the field of medicine as well as to support sustained efforts and to raise awareness of the community. Knowledge can only be debated if it is written, developed by others, and transmitted to future generations. For this reason, as TAHEV, we are living with the enthusiasm and rightful pride of saying hello to you with “The Anatolian Journal of Family Medicine” in the eighth year of our foundation. Everything is being consumed quickly, especially information is rapidly being produced and consumed with the introduction of the Internet. In this context, the challenge with a new journal is to lay behind the experience, power and expectation that has accumulated over the years since the foundation of TAHEV. Our goal is to produce a comprehensive, original, regular and permanent journal as well as to take place in national and international indexes. The well-known leaders of family medicine in Turkey as well as in all over the world establish the advisory board. Also, there would be a special advisory board which can change with every issue of the journal when we get support from different referees who are experts in their field and we will publish these contributions as a separate list of names in each issue. Since family medicine is a kind of general medicine, we aimed to give place to all kinds of subjects such as topics related to daily practice and family medicine education. Our journal will always welcome interdisciplinary researchers and other disciplines. With our belief that has always been, from now on, always together for the pursuit of the best.

Considering the prevalence of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, significant interest has been focused on the gut microbiota-diabetes and cardiovascular system interaction, because the gut microbiota has been recognized as a modulator of human health. Dysbiosis, characterized by pathological changes in the gut microbiota, has been reported in cardimetabolic disorders, such as overweight and obesity, dyslipidaemia, atherosclerosis and hypertension. Furthermore, dysbiosis can disturb gut immunity, which increases the risk of acute cardiometabolic events. Therefore, the changes in the composition of the gut microbiota can affect host metabolism and immunity. The aim of this review is to look through the current knowledge over gut microbiata and expand the view on key roles of intestinal microflora during development of cardiometabolic diseases as T2DM, hypertension, dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis, also discuss the roles of microbiata regulating agents such as pre- and probiotics.

Objective: On-demand treatment protocols in the maintenance treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are cost-efficient and easy-to-use treatments.This study aimed to compare the efficacies of H2 receptor antagonists (H2RA) and proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in on-demand treatment of GERD. Methods: Patients with persistent GERD symptoms were enrolledbetween January-November 2015 and were randomly separated into two equal groups. The patients in the first group were commenced on ranitidine 300 mg as H2RA and the patients in the second group were commenced on pantoprazole 40 mg. A 4-point Likert-type scale generated by the researchers was applied to evaluate the frequencies of reflux symptoms and their impacts on activities of life and business life. Results: Fifty-two patients were included, of whom 26 (50.0%) were in the PPI group and 26 (50.0%) were in the H2RA group. There were no significant differences between the study groups both before and after treatment in terms of the severity of reflux symptoms. There were significant decreases in the H2RA group in terms of the domains of retrosternal burning sensation, regurgitation, nausea and vomiting, and burping (p=0.036, p=0.027, p=0.020, and p=0.038, respectively). Conclusion: PPIs and H2RAs were both effective in maintaining symptom control and improving the limitations in work or activities in on-demand treatment.Nonetheless, the higher amount of the medication use in the H2RA group compared with the PPI group led us to conclude that using PPIs during on-demand treatment might be more appropriate than using H2RA in this setting.

Objective: Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The present study is aimed to evaluate the association of insulin resistance with body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BFP) in obese female. Methods: Female participants aged 18 years or older, with a BMI = 30 kg/m2, visited the obesity outpatient clinic between January – July 2015, were enrolled into the study. BMI and BFPs of all participants were assessed by bioimpedance analysis. Besides, fasting insulin (FI) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels were measured and HOMA-IR was calculated using the formula; “FPG (mmol/L) x fasting insulin (uIU/mL) / 22.5”. Participants with a HOMA-IR level of 2.5 and above were considered to have insulin resistance. Results: One hundred and seventy females were included in the study and the mean age was40.53 ± 10.12 years. While there was a positive correlation between HOMA-IR and BMI, no significant relationship was observed with BFP (p=0.01 and p=0.523, respectively). There was a significant relationship between BMI and BFP (p<0.001). Conclusion: While there was a relationship between HOMA-IR which is the indicator of insulin resistance, and BMI, no relation was found with BFP

Objective: Night Eating Syndrome (NES) was first described in 1955 and recently categorized in DSM-V. The prevalence is 1.5-5.7% in general population and reaches up to 5.7% in young adolescents. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of NES in university students and the related factors with NES. Methods: 179 university students (17 male, 162 female) were enrolled to this cross-sectional study. Data were obtained by a questionnaire applied to participants face to face. Questionnaires include socio-demographic features, medical history and anthropometric parameters of the participants. To evaluate NES, Turkish version of the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) was used.Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS 17.0. All descriptive statistics were reported as mean±SD. p values < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Results: Nineteen participants (10.6%) met the criteria of NES. There were no significant differences between NES and non-NES groups with respect to gender, age or Body Mass Index (BMI). Also, there was no correlation between BMI and NEQ points of participants (r=0.03; p=0.690). Conclusion: In conclusion, this study impacts that NES was high among university students in Turkey. Additionally, assessing the presence of NES in young adults and adolescents may help to find out other psychiatric and eating disorders.

Objective: Night Eating Syndrome (NES) was first described in 1955 and recently categorized in DSM-V. The prevalence is 1.5-5.7% in general population and reaches up to 5.7% in young adolescents. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of NES in university students and the related factors with NES. Methods: 179 university students (17 male, 162 female) were enrolled to this cross-sectional study. Data were obtained by a questionnaire applied to participants face to face. Questionnaires include socio-demographic features, medical history and anthropometric parameters of the participants. To evaluate NES, Turkish version of the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) was used.Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS 17.0. All descriptive statistics were reported as mean±SD. p values < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Results: Nineteen participants (10.6%) met the criteria of NES. There were no significant differences between NES and non-NES groups with respect to gender, age or Body Mass Index (BMI). Also, there was no correlation between BMI and NEQ points of participants (r=0.03; p=0.690). Conclusion: In conclusion, this study impacts that NES was high among university students in Turkey. Additionally, assessing the presence of NES in young adults and adolescents may help to find out other psychiatric and eating disorders.

Today, health is considered to be a biopsychosocial, that is to say, a complete good of individuals, which also means an increase in quality of life and satisfaction. Healthy living behavior is the control of all behaviors that are applied to protect against diseases affecting individual health and the individual choosing behaviors that are appropriate to his/her health conditions in regulating daily activities. In this review, it is aimed to present healthy living behavior, importance of healthy living behavior, research results on healthy living behavior and related factors and make suggestions about healthy living behavior.

Today, health is considered to be a biopsychosocial, that is to say, a complete good of individuals, which also means an increase in quality of life and satisfaction. Healthy living behavior is the control of all behaviors that are applied to protect against diseases affecting individual health and the individual choosing behaviors that are appropriate to his/her health conditions in regulating daily activities. In this review, it is aimed to present healthy living behavior, importance of healthy living behavior, research results on healthy living behavior and related factors and make suggestions about healthy living behavior.