results a relatively strong positive correlation was found between the knowledge development approach, nutritional science, nutrition education and research, and proper solutions for individual nutritional problems and a culture of nutrition (p < 0.001). conclusions 1) effective enhancement and participation in an academic community will be important in the future of food and nutrition security...

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common abdominal acute inflammatory disorder and the leading cause of hospital admission for gastrointestinal disorders in many countries. Clinical manifestations of AP vary from self-limiting local inflammation to devastating systemic pathological conditions causing significant morbidity and mortality. To date, despite extensive efforts in translating promising exp...

The influence of a range of actors is discernible in nutrition projects during the period after the Second World War in the South Pacific. Influences include: international trends in nutritional science, changing ideas within the British establishment about state responsibility for the welfare of its citizens and the responsibility of the British Empire for its subjects; the mixture of outside ...

1 Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, No. 229 Taibai North Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, China 2Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 27 Nanwei Roa...

This chapter will focus on studies within the last 5 years of nutrition in end stage liver disease, but earlier studies illustrating the present state of affairs will also be mentioned. The first part will focus on descriptive epidemiological studies that help to set the scene for the intervention studies, which will be described in the second part. Each part will discuss liver cirrhosis, acute...

Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University East, Mesa, AZ, USA; Prevention Research Centre, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Department of Exercise Science, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; Department of Nutrition, Carolina Populatio...

Department of Community, Health Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA;National Institutes of Health Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Examination Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA; Obesity Research Center, St Lukes-Rooseve...

The understanding of the importance of nutrition, particularly in the critically ill patient, is based on the known physiologic consequences of malnutrition. It includes respiratory muscle function, cardiac function, the coagulation cascade balance, electrolyte and hormonal balance, and renal function. Nutrition affects emotional and behavioral responses, functional recovery, and the overall co...

Methods The study was performed on 183 patients underwent abdominal surgery (duration 6-9 hours). Were assessed central hemodynamics, gas exchange, temperature and nutrition state for the nutrition support. The nutritional support has based on monitored nutritional status. Depending on energy metabolism pattern defined by biochemical tests, patients were divided on 4 groups: group 1 enzymic ene...

Discussion of Research on Food and Nutritional Security (FNS) in Brazil started with the Directory of Brazilian Research Groups from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Searches using the expression 'food security' allowed the identification of 72 groups in 2005. Proportions between researchers and students suggest little dynamism and consolidation of such ...