AIM The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between dental caries and obesity in preschool children. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 329 preschool children were recruited from nine day care centers. A qualified dentist examined the oral health of each child and a caries score was recorded. Anthropometric measurements included body weight, height, triceps skinfold thickne...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between nutritional status measurements and pulmonary function in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. METHODS We evaluated the nutritional status of 48 children and adolescents (aged 6-18 years) with cystic fibrosis based on body mass index (BMI) and body composition measurements-mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC) and triceps skinfold thicknes...

OBJECTIVE To determine the nutritional profile of lung transplant candidates. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study involving lung transplant candidates at a public hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Data related to gender, age and underlying lung disease were compiled for the participants. For the assessment of the nutritional profile of the patients, body mass index (BMI), m...

Many studies over the last 30 years have emphasised the importance of disease-related undernutrition in hospitalised patients (Bistrian et al. 1974; Hill et al. 1977; McWhirter & Pennington, 1994; Corish et al. 2000; Kelly et al. 2000). This is largely because undernutrition adversely affects clinical outcome, and well-being, and is responsible for a disproportionately large consumption of heal...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Malnutrition in cancer patients has many causes. Nutritional status is usually assessed from weight/height indices. These present limitations for the nutritional assessment of cancer patients: their weights include tumor mass, and lean mass changes are not reflected in weight/height indices. The objective was to evaluate differences between two anthropometric methods and c...

OBJECTIVE To detect and compare the degree of malnutrition as well as the anthropometric and biochemical abnormalities among male and female patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out at hemodialysis units in 7 Jordanian hospitals, between 2004 - 2005. Two hundred and seventeen ESRD outpatients who underwent hemodialysis were recruited using ...

Wasting and other signs of protein-energy malnutrition are present in a large proportion of patients with chronic renal failure [1]. Although the nutritional status may improve in some patients after haemodialysis treatment is started, it deteriorates in others during long-term treatment. Indeed, energy malnutrition, manifest as reduced subcutaneous fat stores (low triceps skinfold thickness), ...

OBJECTIVE We examined associations of different adiposity measures with cortisol responses during the Trier Social Stress Test for children (TSST-C). DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, India. PARTICIPANTS Adolescents aged 13.5y from a birth cohort were recruited (N=269, 133 boys). METHODS The stressor (TSST-C) was 5-minutes each of public speaking an...

BACKGROUND Repetitive element DNA methylation is related to prominent obesity-related chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disease; yet, little is known of its relation with weight status. We examined associations of LINE-1 DNA methylation with changes in adiposity and linear growth in a longitudinal study of school-age children from Bogotá, Colombia. METHODS We quantified met...

BACKGROUND Fetal undernutrition is hypothesized to program blood pressure (BP) later in life. Human epidemiological studies that use birth weight as a proxy for fetal malnutrition fail to identify specific aspects of maternal nutrition responsible for programming. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined how maternal nutrition during pregnancy and infant birth weight relate to systolic and diastolic B...