Nutritional status is a dynamic entity that changes because of interactions between nutrient intake and absorption and requirements and disease. Clinically relevant nutritional assessment should determine whether the patient's nutritional status will decline in the absence of nutritional support. In addition, such assessment should predict complications in the absence of nutritional interventio...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Malnutrition is prevalent in all forms of liver disease: from 20% in compensated liver disease to more than 80% in those patients with decompensated liver disease. Protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) can be identified in all clinical stages but is easier observed in advanced stages of liver disease. The presence of malnutrition is associated with increased number of comp...

Autophagy is necessary for the degradation of long-lasting proteins and nonfunctional organelles, and is activated to promote cellular survival. However, overactivation of autophagy may deplete essential molecules and organelles responsible for cellular survival. Lifelong calorie restriction by 40% has been shown to increase the cardiac expression of autophagic markers, which suggests that it m...

__________________________________________________________________________ Introduction: Growing population of elderly requires effective medical diagnostics and help. Criteria developed by Fried et al. are most often used for the diagnosis of the frailty syndrome. An inherent element of frailty syndrome is malnutrition. Malnutrition results from inadequate food supply, coexistence of acute and...

OBJECTIVE We describe the usual food intake, body composition, and biochemical profile of adventure racers during their training season and evaluate their energy and nutrient intake in relation to current recommendations for ultraendurance athletes. METHODS Twenty-four adventure race athletes (18 men and 6 women), 24 to 42 y of age, participated in the study. Food intake was determined with a...

The purpose of the present paper is fourfold: first to draw attention to the enormous impact which seasonal infections by nematodes can have on the nutritional status and growth of ruminants, despite regular dosing with anthelmintic; second, to suggest a primary role of larval challenge as a source of those nutrient losses; third, to create awareness of the delays which may occur between season...

Prevalence of malnutrition was 55.38 per cent (females 77.6%; males 31.7%; P <0.001). Most of the cases of malnutrition were of Grades I and II, contrary to other authors(2,3); 7.67 per cent of girls and 15.0 per cent of boys were of Grade III malnutrition. Only two Grade IV cases were found in both the boys. More than half of the female infants were suffering from malnutrition, though all the ...

The older population is increasing worldwide and in many countries older people will outnumber younger people in the near future. This projected growth in the older population has the potential to place significant burdens on healthcare and support services. Meeting the diet and nutrition needs of older people is therefore crucial for the maintenance of health, functional independence and quali...

OBJECTIVES Data on acute geriatric patients' nutritional status are lacking, and the associations among physical function, sarcopenia, health status and nutritional status are not sufficiently investigated in this population. The aims of this study are to investigate (1) nutritional status and sarcopenia in a group of acute geriatric patients, (2) the association between nutritional status, phy...

BACKGROUND Socio demographic factors besides dietary factors play important role in determining the health status of an individual. Health and nutritional Intervention programs stand a greater chance of success if planned, keeping the socio demographic characteristics of a certain population in focus. The present study was conducted to identify those socio demographic determinants which have a ...