community  nutrition  can  be  defined  as  a coordinated set of actions and services helping people  to  choose  a  healthy  diet  in  terms  of nutritional value and food safety to meet  their physiological needs in any given social context. it encompasses a wide range of strategies and programs based on evidence generated through basic and epidemiological nutrition and food research. the ult...

As Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists, we often receive calls from hunters or land managers asking if they should or should not harvest spike bucks. The caller has usually read an article that says it is genetics or nutrition or being late born that causes deer to produce spike antlers. “If poor nutrition causes spikes,” the article says, “then you shouldn’t harvest spikes.” The article may st...

M onitoring of glycemic status, as performed by patients and health care providers, is considered a cornerstone of diabetes care. Results of monitoring are used to assess the efficacy of therapy and to guide adjustments in medical nutrition therapy (MNT), exercise, and medications to achieve the best possible blood glucose control. This position statement presents the recommendations of the Ame...

the effects of probiotic yoghurt consumption on blood pressure and serum lipids in type 2 diabetic patients: randomized clinical trial ejtahed h1, mohtadi nia j*2, homayouni rad a3, niafar m4, asghari jafarabadi m5, mofid v6 1- m.sc in nutrition science, faculty of health and nutrition, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. 2-*corresponding author: associate prof, dept. of food s...

Background: This paper describes a pilot project research methodology design to be used at a narcotic drug treatment Centre with patients, addicted to opioids, who are enrolled in a Methadone maintenance program. Materials and method: The research question is, will sobriety nutritional therapy reduce the desire for opioids among patients who are participating in a methadone maintenance program,...

despite the increased emphasis on chronic non-communicable diseases, there are notable deficits about nutrition education in many medicine training programs particularly gastroenterology fellowship programs. in the present cross-sectional study, we examined the nutritional knowledge related to clinical nutrition among iranian gastroenterology fellows. thirty-six gastroenterology fellows current...

BACKGROUND In Brazil hospital malnutrition is highly prevalent, physician awareness of malnutrition is low, and nutrition therapy is underprescribed. One alternative to approach this problem is to educate health care providers in clinical nutrition. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of an intensive education course given to health care professionals and students on the diagnosis abi...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of malnutrition is high in the Niger delta region of Nigeria, in spite of the region's oil wealth and nutrition intervention programs have been found to be effective in similar circumstance. AIM This study is to assess the nutrition intervention program, implemented by UNICEF in some rural communities of Bayelsa State, one of the six States in the Niger delta region ...

INSEPTEMBER 2007, we published the article ‘‘Chinese Nutrition Educational Materials for Renal Patients’’ in the Journal of Renal Nutrition, which featured the 8 nutrition handouts in Chinese that we developed for the renal program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Since then, we have received numerous requests from dietitians and nephrologists to share our Chinese ...

Precise body composition measurements are essential in animal nutrition studies because the impact of treatments is evaluated based on changes in body weight and composition. Various indirect techniques for animal compositional evaluation have been developed and evaluated for applicability in animal nutrition studies. A fast, accurate, minimally invasive method that requires little input is con...