background: dietary diversity score (dds) measurement was used to assessment of diet quality in different disease like cardiovascular disease. one way to improve the cardiovascular patient's ability is cardiac rehabilitation program that include exercise training, nutrition consultation and psychological treatment. no study was designed to compare the dds before and after dietary consultation a...

INTRODUCTION Nutrition care refers to nutrition-related advice or counselling provided by health professionals in an attempt to improve the nutrition behaviour of patients. AIM The aim of this study was to describe the practices of a sample of Australian general practitioners (GPs) when providing nutrition care to adult patients. METHODS Eighteen GPs (13 male, 5 female) were observed by fou...

OBJECTIVES To describe how the Nutrition Society developed public health nutrition as a profession between 1992 and 1997, and to analyse the influences propelling on this professionalization. DESIGN Qualitative case study. SETTING Britain. RESULTS The Nutrition Society of Britain consulted with various stakeholders (such as dietitians, researchers, professionals and practitioners and educ...

OBJECTIVE Almost half of all hospitalized patients are malnourished with low physician awareness or implementation of nutrition support. To address this problem, a 2-day immersion course in clinical nutrition for physicians was developed by the Latin American Federation of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (FELANPE) with support from Abbott Laboratories. The goal of Total Nutritional Therapy (TN...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated the effects of care models that combine interdisciplinary care with nutrition consultation, depression management, and fall prevention in older persons with hip fracture. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a comprehensive care program with those of interdisciplinary care and usual care for elderly patients with hip fracture. METHOD...

A 44-year-old female teacher was referred to the Nutrition Consultation for Dermatology a gluten-free diet. She had experienced cluster of red and intensely itchy blisters at cutaneous level approximately six months. After study by Dermatology, herpetiform dermatitis diagnosed. While waiting Consultation, she removed gluten from her diet saw improvements in symptoms. Awaiting Gastroenterology C...

During and after the war it was frequently suggested that the apparent relatively high standard of nutrition in this country was an illusion, and that in a section of the population that had little access to publicity starvation, to use an old-fashioned word, was common. When the Minister of Health came to consider such views he was told by the medical advisers in his department that the only a...

Biofortification of staple crops has been proposed as a strategy to address micronutrient malnutrition, particularly with respect to insufficient intake of vitamin A, iron, zinc, and folate. The World Health Organization, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science at the New York Academy of Sciences, convened...

OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility of a pan-European professional recognition system for public health nutrition. DESIGN A multistage consultation process was used to test the feasibility of a model system for public health nutritionist certification. A review of existing national-level systems for professional quality assurance was conducted via literature review and a web-based search, follo...

Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases: report of a joint WHO/FAO expert consultation, Geneva, 28 January-1 February 2002.