OBJECTIVE To evaluate a short screening sheet (SSM) for malnutrition and to investigate the nutritional status of patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer of the lungs, colon or breast at an outpatient clinic. DESIGN Full nutritional assessment was conducted to define malnutrition and validate the SSM. Additionally, weight change from earlier healthy weight was evaluated, and calculations f...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is prevalent among patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and causes various complications. Dietary supplementation to provide appropriate nutritional support may reduce the malnutrition and complications through improvement in nutritional status. This study was carried out to assess the association between dietary supplementation and malnutrition among pat...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is a major problem among children with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and it is essential to be recognized as early as possible. Aim of our study was to assess the nutrition status of children with CKD. METHODS Nutrition status of 30 children (1-16 years) with CKD stages IIIV and on peritoneal dialysis was evaluated. Malnutrition risk was assessed by Pediatric Digital Sc...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Malnutrition and inflammation are reported as the most powerful predictors of mortality and morbidity in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Diet has a key role in modulating inflammation and dietary inflammatory index (DII) is a new tool for assessment of inflammatory potential of diet. The aim of this study was to evaluate the application of DII on dietary intake of HD patients a...

More than half of the world’s diseases can be attributed to unbalanced energy intake and to deficiencies in vitamins and mineral nutrients [1-3]. Developing countries pay the major tribute of it as they face serious health problems due to undernourishment of children and pregnant women [3]. Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), also known as proteincalorie malnutrition, is currently the most serio...

• Throughout the developing world women die during pregnancy and in childbirth from hemorrhage (20-35%), unsafe abortion (10-15%), eclampsia or hypertension (10-15%), infection (10-15%), and obstructed labor (10-15%) (see Technical Note 1). Those that survive spend their reproductive years suffering from chronic anemia and the debilitating consequences of complications associated with reproduct...