PURPOSE OF REVIEW Malnutrition can lead to serious complications in the ICU. Less than half of patients admitted to ICU require ventilation and for many, their optimal route of feeding is oral medical nutrition therapy, rather than enteral or parenteral nutrition. Inadequate oral intake is a prevalent and often difficult problem within this population, as increased calorie deficits are common i...

Sir, Primary care dieticians in Dorset provide practice-based nutrition training for all members of the primary health care team (PHCT). This has been shown to be successful in significantly improving their knowledge of nutrition.1 Dietary advice is now an integral part of patient consultations in primary care. However, members of the PCHT may lack the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver ...

background: this study was done to assess the use of traditional/complementary and alternative medicine (tm/cam) during pregnancy and the reasons behind it from the mother’s perspective. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 919 pregnant mothers attending at prenatal care units of governmental health centers recruited through a multistage sampling and completed a self-report questi...

Nutrition assessment is an essential component of the Nutrition Care Process and Model (NCPM), as it is the initial step in developing a comprehensive evaluation of the client’s nutrition history. A comprehensive nutrition assessment requires the ability to observe, interpret, analyze, and infer data to diagnose nutrition problems. This practice paper provides insight into the process by which ...

I review major issues covered at the International Workshop on Nutritional Attitudes and Practices of Primary Care Physicians and synthesize some of the key findings presented at this workshop and found in the scientific literature. After presenting the rationale for managing nutritional problems in primary health care, I discuss the extent of both practice and international differences. Next, ...

Background: Obesity is considered as one of the most important nutrition and health issues among adolescents in the developing countries. In this respect, risks and problems associated with obesity can put a huge burden on the health care system of a society. Moreover, underweight and malnutrition are also prevalent in developing countries and impose enormous health care expenditures on individ...

INTRODUCTION Family child-care homes (FCCHs) provide care and nutrition for millions of US children, including 28% in Rhode Island. New proposed regulations for FCCHs in Rhode Island require competencies and knowledge in nutrition. We explored nutrition-related practices and attitudes of FCCH providers in Rhode Island and assessed whether these differed by provider ethnicity or socioeconomic st...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Nutrition is a fundamental component of care of critically ill children. Determining variation in nutritional practices within paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) allows for review and improvement of nutrition practices. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN The aim was to survey the nutrition practices and perspectives of paediatric intensivists and dieticians in Asia-Pacifi...

Recent investigations of nutrition support in the intensive care unit (ICU) have revived discussion of optimal strategies for tight glucose control and the administration of total parenteral nutrition. Mode, timing, and adequacy of nutritional support affect glycemic control and outcomes in critically ill patients. The delivery of correctly formulated and safely administered nutritional and met...