Aging produces numerous physical and physiologic changes, which in turn alter nutritional requirements and affect nutritional status. The presence of chronic disease, and/or medications can enhance potential disparities between nutrient needs and dietary intake, leading to malnutrition. Indeed, research suggests that malnutrition is a common condition among the elderly. Therefore, regular nutri...

M e t h o d s Design: Randomized controlled trial. Allocation: Concealed.* Blinding: Blinded (outcome assessors).* Follow-up period: Up to 4 months. Setting: A teaching hospital in Wales, United Kingdom. Patients: 318 women > 65 years of age with acute nonpathologic hip fracture in a single trauma ward. Intervention: Personal attention of DAs (n = 153) or conventional pattern of nurseand dietit...

BACKGROUND: Nutritional support, including oral nutrition supplements, is an integral part of anticancer treatment, during surgical treatment non-small cell lung cancer. Existing evidence for the effectiveness nutritional support in this cohort patients limited. We suggest that perioperative administration a balanced polymeric hypercaloric high-protein enteral formula by sipping as additional c...

CONTEXT The problems of doping in sport and the increasing use of nutritional supplements by athletes are issues that intersect to the degree that a large number of supplements may contain substances that are banned in sport. Many supplements contain substances that are associated with significant health hazards. Athletes consuming such supplement products may jeopardize their sporting status, ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The use of Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) is widespread among patients with long- and short-term medical conditions. Although ONS serve an important purpose in the management malnutrition, their effect on oral hard soft tissues not well understood. aim this article to conduct analysis available literature relating impact environment. METHODS: This study was conduc...

The therapeutic requirements of patients with CF are highly complex. Many patients require continuous care at home with many prophylactic medications, such as nebulised or oral antibiotics, pancreatic enzymes, mucolytic agents, vitamin and nutritional supplements as well as daily physiotherapy and a healthy lifestyle with adequate nutrition and exercise. These treatments are intensified and bec...

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