abstract background: osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. the purpose of this study is to investigate the health belief model (hbm) and social cognitive theory (sct) for osteoporosis preventive nutritional behaviors in women. materials and methods: in this quasi‑experimental study, 120 patients who were women and registered under the health centers in fasa city, fars province...

The objective of nutritional support is to provide sufficient nutrients to maintain or improve nutritional state.' These aims may be difficult to achieve using enteral nutrition2 as positive nitrogen balance may not be established consistently throughout a course.3 This finding has little to do with the formulation of the diet itself as up to one third of a prescribed diet may never reach the p...

Adult patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) vary widely in terms of their requirement for nutrition intervention and assessment of nutrient needs. Multiple factors throughout the HCT process impact nutritional status and the need for nutrition intervention such as type of conditioning regimen, degree of regimen-related toxicity, infection and graft-versus-host disease (GV...

Background and Purpose: Investigating factors affecting the adoption of preventive behaviors in women with osteoporosis using patterns that identify the effective factors which influence and reinforce on behavior is necessary. This study aims to evaluate the preventive treatment of osteoporosis in women in Fasa, Fars Province of Iran's southeastern city, using the health belief model and social...

INTRODUCTION The results of many epidemiological and clinical studies have shown that osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease and develops mainly in women during menopause. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diet with particular emphasis on calcium and vitamin D intake and sun exposure in premenopausal women in terms of risk of osteoporosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study involved 300...

The skeleton is composed of approximately 200 bones, and it is the backbone of our body along with ligaments and joints. The bone is not a static but a dynamic structure, constantly reshuffling, that may suffer fractures due to trauma, despite their particular hardness and strength. Complex physiologic mechanisms, sometimes with the help of surgery, can lead to bone repairing. In the elderly, o...

Secondary osteoporosis results from medical conditions or treatments that interfere with the attainment of peak bone mass and/or may predispose to accelerated bone loss. Although secondary osteoporosis is less common, it is becoming more frequently diagnosed. Apart from the well-defined risk of secondary osteoporosis in patients requiring long-term corticosteroids therapy, an increasing list of...

Abstract Indonesian love beef meatballs. However, meatballs have a high saturated fat content and are expensive. Tilapia fish can replace meatballs’ primary protein source. tilapia has low fillet yield of 20-30%, producing 65-89% waste. The use whole in the production balls increase benefits calcium- phosphorus-rich by-products. Osteoporosis-prone individuals need calcium foods. Notwithstanding...

Nutritional assessment and dietary advice are fundamental to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patient management and all patients should have access to a dietitian. Newly diagnosed patients often think that their pre-illness diet has contributed to the development of their IBD. However, epidemiological evidence to support diet as a risk factor is lacking. How the diet contributes to the gastroi...

Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) represent a heterogeneous group of acquired or inherited conditions. Nutritional complications are frequent in NMDs, but they are sometimes underestimated. With the prolongation of survival in patients with NMDs, there are several nutritional aspects that are important to consider, including the deleterious effects of overnutrition on glucose metabolism, mobility, ...