California teachers support the Nutrition Competencies new nutrition instruction guidelines

Guidelines on Artificial Nutrition Support

Malnutrition is common in patients who are admitted to hospital, and many patients lose weight during hospital admission. Malnutrition is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Artificial nutrition support benefits nutritional status in malnourished patients, it can lead to reduced morbidity and hospital stay, and more rapid recovery from illness. • Nutritional screening of hospital...

Wilson’s Disease: Nutrition Support

Wilson’s disease (WD) or hepato-lenticular degeneration is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder. A prevalence rate of 30 cases per million and a birth incidence rate of one per 30,000 to 40,000 are often quoted. In 40 to 50% of individuals with WD, hepatic dysfunction is the initial clinical manifestation. With the exception of liver transplantation, treatment of WD is only palliative and intend...

Guidelines for nutrition support in the elderly.

Nutritional support in the elderly not only co-operates in pharmacological treatment but also very often is a primary therapy for their health. The type of artificial nutrition (AN) to use will depend on the present illness and the previous health record. Due to the fact that enteral feeding (EF) is less expensive and aggressive we should use EF whenever possible, leaving parenteral nutrition (...

Nutrition Transition in California: Examination of the Nutrition Profile

Before the industrialization of agriculture, farming was inherently organic and locally supplied as food processing was in an incipient stage. Industrialization and the subsequent Green Revolution gave rise to the organic movement which protested the use of DDT and other synthetic pesticides and herbicides. Currently, the locavore movement in the United States has been gaining traction as inter...

A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Guidelines: nutrition support of the critically ill child.