PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine whether use of the neutropenic diet in the outpatient setting decreases the number of febrile admissions and positive blood cultures associated with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. DESIGN Descriptive pilot study. SETTING Outpatient chemotherapy unit of a medical center in a major metropolitan area. SAMPLE Convenience sample of 28 patients aged 33-67 years...

Abstract Background Adolescents with celiac disease (CD) are at risk for non-adherence to the gluten-free diet (GFD). Knowledge of GFD may impact adherence. Objectives To examine relationship between knowledge and adherence in a local population adolescents CD. Secondary objectives were identify information sources used learn about compare adolescent parent GFD. Design/Methods (12-17 years) CD ...

BACKGROUND Elevated liver enzymes are markers of liver steatosis and metabolic syndrome. We aimed to investigate the association of Mediterranean diet on the relationship between aminotransferases (i.e., AST, ALT, gGT) and the metabolic syndrome. METHODS The ATTICA study has randomly enrolled 1514 adult males (18-87 yrs) and 1528 females (18-89 yrs) from the greater area of Athens. Adherence ...

The scientific community has become increasingly interested in the overall quality of diets rather than in single food-based or single nutrient-based approaches to examine diet-disease relationships. Despite the plethora of indices used to measure diet quality, there still exist questions as to which of these can best predict health outcomes. The present study aimed to compare the ability of fi...

BACKGROUND We aimed to prospectively examine the relationship between overall diet quality (reflecting adherence to dietary guidelines) and successful aging in a population-based cohort of older adults. METHODS In this population-based cohort study, we analyzed 10-year follow-up data from 1,609 adults aged 49 years and older, who were free of cancer, coronary artery disease, and stroke at the...

This study involved 1202 patients who were placed into low adherence or high adherence groups based on their answers to questionnaires. The attitudes of each group were compared for a variety of adherence behaviors. Patients who reported high levels of adherence tended to have attitudes more in accord with diabetes experts. Members of the high adherence group strongly supported the need for spe...

Abstract Background and AIMs It is still unclear whether a healthy diet can prevent heart failure (HF). Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the association between adherence Mediterranean-style diet, reflected by modified Mediterranean Diet Scores (mMDS), incidence of HF in men women. Methods Results This observational comprised 9316 27645 women from EPIC-NL cohort free cardiovascular di...

BACKGROUND We have shown that adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is related to blood pressure in youth with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. We explored the impact of the DASH diet on other cardiovascular disease risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS Between 2001 and 2005, data on total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotei...

Many studies have reported that adherence to health promotion guidelines for diet, physical activity, and maintenance of healthy body weight may decrease cancer incidence and mortality. A systematic review was performed to examine associations between adherence to established cancer prevention guidelines for diet and physical activity and overall cancer incidence and mortality. PubMed, Google S...