INTRODUCTION Human eating behaviour is regulated by multiple factors. Anorexia nervosa patients show a restrictive eating pattern while bulimia nervosa patients present bingeing-purging episodes. Although treatments are specially successful in the normalization of body composition, maladaptive eating behaviours tend to persist being a risk factor for relapse and recurrence. OBJECTIVES The aim...

OBJECTIVES Weight loss and malnutrition are frequent and serious complications of Alzheimer's disease. The aim of the present article was to describe the cognitive and behavioural characteristics of the test population within the frame of the PHRC REAL.FR cohort (for Réseau sur la Maladie d'Alzheimer Français), depending on their nutritional state, and to consider their evolution one year after...

There are complex associations between nutrition and dementia disorders. Dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is associated with an increased risk of protein–energy malnutrition. Weight loss and eating problems increase with the severity and progression of dementia, e.g. in AD. Whether malnutrition per se has a negative impact on cognitive function or whether nutritional intervention ...

Background: Anemia is one of the leading causes mortality and morbidity in children. The etiology anemia multifactorial including nutritional anemia, hemolytic aplastic storage disorders, hematological malignancies, secondary to some chronic diseases. Methods: study an observational study. Physical signs severe were looked patients attending outpatient department or admitted hospital. Children ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and chronic drug abuse both compromise nutritional status. For individuals with both disorders, the combined effects on wasting, the nutritional consequence that is most closely linked to mortality, appear to be synergistic. Substance abuse clinicians can improve and extend patients' lives by recommending healthy diets; observing and assessing for fo...

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a treatment option for many haematological conditions in patients of all ages. Nutritional support important at each stage treatment, but particular nutritional needs and dictated occur during the preparatory (conditioning regimen) post-transplant periods. Patients may require by enteral or parenteral route. The quantitative qualitative composi...

Toddlers are often faced with eating disorders such as picky eaters. A eater is a condition where children like to be and less responsive food. This will have adverse nutritional impacts in the future, growth disorders, developmental metabolic disorders. One of factors that cause eaters giving complementary foods too early also not accordance principles balanced nutrition. The community service...

Background Nutritional disorders are plurifactorial diseases in which the genetic aspects have an important role near the lifestyle and dietary habits. The systemic inflammation and cytokines levels are much studied in the etipatogenity of these diseases. We aimed to assess the relation between IL6-174G/C,IL6-190T/C andIL6-572G/C genes polimorphisms and nutritional status in a group of pediatri...

OBJECTIVE To analyze if maternal mental health is associated with infant nutritional status at six month of age. METHODS A cross-sectional study with 228 six-month-old infants who used primary health care units of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. Mean weight-for-length and mean weight-for-age were expressed in z-scores considering the 2006 World Health Organization reference c...