Measuring nutrition.

Measuring intake in free-living human subjects: a question of bias.

Experimental as well as epidemiological nutrition studies often aim at measuring food intake and its correlates in ‘free-living’ human subjects, and the identification of optimal ways to do this is a challenge in both types of research. The purpose of the present paper is, first, to give a brief overview of general problems encountered in measuring intake in free-living human subjects. Focus wi...

Use of nuclear and isotopic techniques for addressing nutritional problems. Introduction.

Stable isotopes are nonradioactive and can be safely administered to humans; yet, because of the isotopic difference, can be distinguished from the unlabeled moiety and thus trace the nutrient uptake and elimination. Stable isotope applications include measurement of nutrient absorption, determination of nutrient body stores, tracing routes of nutrient metabolism, measuring nutrient fluxes thro...

Predictors of Healthy Nutrition Behaviors among Elderlies of Kalat County based on Health Belief Model

Introduction: Rapid changes in lifestyle, especially in nutritional aspects of the elderly, have led to many chronic diseases. Therefore, attention to nutritional needs of the elderly is an essential issue. The purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of healthy nutrition behaviors based on health belief model (HBM) in the elderlies of Kalat city, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.. ...

Measurement of short-term changes in the fat content of the body: a comparison of three methods in patients receiving intravenous nutrition.

Three methods of measuring changes in body fat were compared in seventeen patients undergoing a 2-week course of intravenous nutrition. Patients received all nutrition intravenously at a steady rate of infusion, calculated to supply energy at a rate equal to 1.5 times the resting metabolic expenditure measured before feeding. Fat change was estimated from measurements of skinfold thickness, by ...

Editorial: Commentary on Disproportionality in Child Welfare Terry L. Cross PART I - UNDERSTANDING AND MEASURING RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITY AND DISPARITY OF OUTCOMES Measuring Racial Disparity in Child Welfare

UK Food Standards Agency Workshop Consensus Report: the choice of method for measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D to estimate vitamin D status for the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey.

The consensus workshop, organised on behalf of the Food Standards Agency, was convened to recommend the most appropriate and secure method for measuring vitamin D status in the UK. Workshop participants (the Expert Panel) were invited on the basis of expertise in current 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) assays, or expertise in vitamin D nutrition and metabolism or detailed knowledge and experience i...