BACKGROUND Federal nutritional guidelines apply to school foods provided through the national school lunch and breakfast programs, but few federal regulations apply to other foods and drinks sold in schools (labeled "competitive foods"), which are often high in calories, fat and sugar. Competitive food policies among school districts are increasingly viewed as an important modifiable factor in ...

Sarah L. Booth, Ph.D., Vitamin K Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDAHuman Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA; James F. Sallis, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M., Department ofPsychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Ph.D., M.P.H., Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, O R James 0. Hill, Ph.D., Center for Human Nutrition, University of C...

Reduced nutritional state is associated with unfavourable outcomes and a lower quality of life in patients with malignancies. Patients with active tumour disease frequently have insufficient food intake. The resting energy expenditure in cancer patients can be increased, decreased, or remain unchanged compared to predicted values. Tumours may result in varying degrees of systemic pro-inflammato...

It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that older Americans receive appropriate care; have broadened access to coordinated, comprehensive food and nutrition services; and receive the benefits of ongoing research to identify the most effective food and nutrition programs, interventions, and therapies across the spectrum of aging. Food and water and nutritional well-being are ess...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research study was to determine whether a 1-hour online continuing medical education (CME) course focused on nutrition for type 2 diabetes would result in a gain in nutrition knowledge by practicing physicians. METHODS A practicing physician and dietitian collaborated to develop an online CME course (both webinar and self-study versions) on type 2 diabetes. This ...

Metabolomics is the study of metabolites present in biological samples such as biofluids, tissue/cellular extracts and culture media. Combining metabolomic data with multivariate data analysis tools allows us to study alterations in metabolic pathways following different perturbations. Examples of perturbations can be disease state, drug or nutritional interventions with successful applications...

Dear readers! Today, in the section of our magazine Interviews with Leading Experts, a meeting Tamara Sergeevna Popova, Doctor Biological Sciences, Professor, Laureate USSR State Prize, Moscow Government Prize Medicine.
 is one leading specialists clinical nutrition Russia and Europe. Her name associated major developments field enteral nutrition, which formed basis for creation whole grou...

Childhood malnutrition has been a major, long-standing health concern in northeastern Brazil. In response, during 1992-1994, the state government of Ceará, with financial support from the World Bank, established 34 new nutrition centers. During 1996 an evaluation of the centers was conducted to determine their effectiveness in treating children with malnutrition and to identify weaknesses in th...