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Advances in muscle health and nutrition: A toolkit for …

WebLow muscle mass and malnutrition are prevalent conditions among adults of all ages, with any body weight or body mass index, and with acute or chronic conditions, including COVID-19. This article synthesizes the latest research advancements in muscle health and malnutrition, and their impact on immune function, and clinical outcomes. We provide a …

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Diet quality, stress and common mental health problems: A cohort …

WebOverall diet quality may partially mediate the detrimental effects of stress and neuroticism on common mental health problems: stressed and/or neurotic individuals may be more prone to unhealthy dietary habits, which in turn may contribute to depression and anxiety. Lifestyle interventions for depressed, anxious or at-risk individuals hinge on this idea, but …

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Malnutrition, poor food intake, and adverse healthcare outcomes …

WebObesity, defined as a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2, has demonstrated protective associations with mortality in some diseases. However, recent evidence demonstrates that poor nutritional status in critically ill obese patients confounds this relationship. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate if poor nutritional status, poor food intake and adverse health-related …

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A Health at Every Size intervention improves intuitive eating and …

WebHealth at Every Size® (HAES®) interventions focus on healthy lifestyle by promoting behavioral changes related to diet and physical activity while emphasizing self-acceptance and well-being through an empowerment and intuitive approach. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a HAES® program on intuitive eating and diet quality in …

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Impact of a specialized oral nutritional supplement on quality of …

WebBoth during and after hospitalization, nutritional care with daily intake of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) improves health outcomes and decreases risk of mortality in malnourished older adults. In a post-hoc analysis of data from hospitalized older adults with malnutrition risk, we sought to determine whether consuming a specialized ONS (S …

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Phase angle as a marker for muscle health and quality of life in

WebSarcopenia is associated with adverse health outcomes in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD); hence, a convenient and reliable method for monitoring muscle health is required. This study investigated the utility of the phase angle (PhA) to estimate muscle health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with CKD.

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Yes, vitamin D can be a magic bullet

WebReijven and Soeters [1] recently reviewed evidence from observational studies and RCTs on vitamin D and various health outcomes and concluded: “The high incidence of low vit D levels in disease related inflammatory states is predominantly based on reversed causality. Inflammation causes a decrease in total plasma Vit D due to a decrease of its binding …

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ESPEN expert statements and practical guidance for nutritional

WebThe COVID-19 pandemics is posing unprecedented challenges and threats to patients and healthcare systems worldwide. Acute respiratory complications that require intensive care unit (ICU) management are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients. Patients with worst outcomes and higher mortality are reported to include …

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Vitamin K intake and breast cancer incidence and death: results …

WebVitamin K prevents growth and metastasis of certain cancers, but there is little evidence regarding the association between dietary vitamin K and breast cancer incidence and death. We sought to examine whether intakes of total vitamin K, phylloquinone (vitamin K1) and menaquinones (MKs) (vitamin K2) may influence risks of breast cancer incidence and …

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Association between skipping breakfast and risk of cardiovascular

WebStudies were included if they met the following criteria: (1) studies of humans; (2) cohort studies; (3) exposure was skipping breakfast or breakfast frequency; (4) outcome was cardiovascular event or death; (5) relative risk (RR) or hazard ratio (HR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was reported.

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A novel in-hospital meal service improves protein and energy …

WebImprovement of hospital meal services is a strategy to optimize protein and energy intake and prevent or treat malnutrition during hospitalization. FoodforCare (FfC) is a new concept comprising 6-protein-rich meals per day, provided directly at the bedside following proactive advice from a nutritional assistant. Our aim is to investigate whether this new concept, …

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Mediterranean diet, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension …

WebThere is sparse evidence on the relationship between the Mediterranean diet, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) style diet, and metabolic health, especially comparing cardiometabolic phenotypes among in normal weight and obese populations. We aimed to investigate the association of the Mediterranean diet scores (MDS) and DASH …

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Egg consumption, overall diet quality, and risk of type 2 diabetes …

WebData on the relation of egg consumption with risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD) are limited and inconsistent. Few studies have controlled for overall dietary patterns in egg-T2D or egg-CHD analyses, and it is unclear whether any observed elevated risks of T2D and CHD with frequent egg consumption is real or due to …

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Encouraging, assisting and time to EAT: Improved nutritional …

WebInadequate feeding assistance and mealtime interruptions during hospitalisation may contribute to malnutrition and poor nutritional intake in older people. This study aimed to implement and compare three interventions designed to specifically address mealtime barriers and improve energy intakes of medical inpatients aged ≥65 years.

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Nutritional care is a human right: Translating principles to clinical

WebWe have previously advocated that nutritional care be raised to the level of a human right in a close relationship to two well recognized fundamental rights: the right to food and the right to health. This paper aims to analyze the implication of nutritional care as a human right for healthcare practitioners. We will focus on the impact of the Human Rights Basic …

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High dietary protein intake is associated with an increased body …

WebHigh dietary protein diets are widely used to manage overweight and obesity. However, there is a lack of consensus about their long-term efficacy and safety. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of long-term high-protein consumption on body weight changes and death outcomes in subjects at high cardiovascular risk.

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Perceived barriers to healthy eating and adherence to dietary

WebWe focused on six Swiss dietary guidelines for which adherence data were available in the SHS. The frequency of consumption of each food group was reported by participants in the questionnaire, which were dichotomized to reflect adherence to the Swiss dietary guidelines as follows: fruits (≥2 servings/day), vegetables (≥3 servings/day), dairy foods (≥3 …

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The international declaration on the human right to nutritional …

WebAccess to nutritional care is frequently limited or denied to patients with disease-related malnutrition (DRM), to those with the inability to adequately feed themselves or to maintain their optimal healthy nutritional status which goes against the fundamental human right to food and health care. That is why the International Working Group for Patient's Right to …

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Consumption of ultra-processed foods associated

WebThere is a worldwide shift towards increased consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) with concurrent rising prevalence of obesity. We examined the relationship between the consumption of UPF and weight gain and risk of obesity.

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Normal values for body composition in adults are better …

WebReference values for body composition parameters like skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) depend on age and BMI. To ensure reference intervals reflect these changes, they have traditionally been separated into groups of young adults based on sex and BMI. However, this static stratification oversimplifies the dynamic and gradual changes of body …

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Cachexia: A new definition

WebOn December 13th and 14th a group of scientists and clinicians met in Washington, DC, for the cachexia consensus conference. At the present time, there is no widely agreed upon operational definition of cachexia. The lack of a definition accepted by clinician and researchers has limited identification and treatment of cachectic patient as well as the …

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