In this review of recent advances in nutrition, we shall follow the 'life cycle' with special attention to maternal and foetal nutrition, linear growth, and nutritional assessment. We also consider nutrition, infection and micronutrients, and recent concepts of the pathophysiology and management of protein energy malnutrition PEM.

OBJECTIVE To assess the evolution of nutritional status in children admitted to the Teaching Hospital of Universidade Federal de Alagoas. METHODS A retrospective study was performed on 52 children (0-10 yrs) whose length of hospital stay exceeded 10 days (from February to July/2001). We compared their nutritional status, expressed in terms of Z score of the weight-for-age ratio at the beginni...

A screening tool designed to identify patients at risk of malnutrition across the whole range of health care settings is gradually becoming established in practice. The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) was developed by the Malnutrition Advisory Group and is endorsed by the British Dietetic Association, the RCN, and the Registered Nursing Home Association.

Three thousand years ago, farmers in China began growing fish in freshwater ponds and a thousand years later began cultivating mollusks along coastlines. For centuries, aquaculture—the farming of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants—remained mostly a small-scale subsistence activity providing relatively low yields. But during the past few decades, aquatic farming has abruptly undergone a startli...

In rat studies, circulating concentrations of N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) have been shown to be an indicator of NANA concentrations in the brain and functional brain activity, in relation to nutritional state and stimulation. Abnormal behaviour can be improved with exogenous NANA. In the present study, the plasma NANA concentration has been measured in children with severe malnutrition and c...

eczema  is  a  common  childhood  atopic  condition and treatment is with emollients,  topical corticosteroids and  avoidance  of  possible  triggers. s.  aurues colonization is a common complication. during exacerbation,  intensification  of treatment  is needed  to relieve   the  child   from   the   miserable   symptoms   of pruritus   and  sleep  disturbance.   systemic   antibiotics agains...