BACKGROUND Dietitians are engaging with mobile health (mHealth) technologies, particularly with diet and nutrition apps in their patient care. Despite the plethora of apps available, the majority are not designed with a dietitian's input. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the user preferences of dietitians in relation to tools, resources, and design features for smartphone healt...

• All adult kidney transplant recipients should be monitored for anaemia. • Possible dietary causes of anaemia, including iron, folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies, should be investigated. • A dietitian should be consulted if dietary deficiencies are shown to be contributing to anaemia. • It is appropriate to use pharmacological doses of nutrients in conjunction with dietary interventions to co...

OBJECTIVES Sarcopenia is an emerging clinical challenge in an ageing population and is associated with serious negative health outcomes. This study aimed to assess the current state of the art regarding the knowledge about the concept of sarcopenia and practice of the diagnostic strategy and management of sarcopenia in a cohort of Dutch healthcare professionals (physicians, physiotherapists, di...

BACKGROUND In light of its epidemic proportions in developed and developing countries, obesity is considered a serious public health issue. In order to increase knowledge concerning the ability of health care professionals in caring for obese adolescents and adopt more efficient preventive and control measures, a questionnaire was developed and validated to assess non-dietitian health professio...

A routine activity for a sports dietitian is to estimate energy and nutrient intake from an athlete's self-reported food intake. Decisions made by the dietitian when coding a food record are a source of variability in the data. The aim of the present study was to determine the variability in estimation of the daily energy and key nutrient intakes of elite athletes, when experienced coders analy...

BACKGROUND Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) has reached epidemic levels in the Middle East region. Despite evidence that it improves health outcomes and saves health costs, dietary counseling for T2D remains grossly under-investigated in this region. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and determinants of use of dietary counseling services by T2D patients in Lebanon and recommend corrective ...

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Satoshi Hirako1, Fumiko Takenoya1,2, Haruaki Kageyama1,3, Nobuhiro Wada1, Mai Okabe4 and Seiji Shioda1* 1Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 2Department of Exercise and Sports Physiology, Hoshi University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Tokyo, Japan 3Faculty of Health Care, Kiryu University, Gunma, Japan 4Tokyo Shokuryo Dietitian Academy, Toky...