Cohort Profile: The Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS)—a platform for integrated research and health care provision in rural Gambia Branwen J Hennig, Stefan A Unger, Bai Lamin Dondeh, Jahid Hassan, Sophie Hawkesworth, Landing Jarjou, Kerry S Jones, Sophie E Moore, Helen M Nabwera, Mohammed Ngum, Ann Prentice, Bakary Sonko, Andrew M Prentice* and Anthony J Fulford MRC International...

*Alfredo Guarino (Coordinator), Fabio Albano, yShai Ashkenazi, zDominique Gendrel, §J. Hans Hoekstra, jjRaanan Shamir, and Hania Szajewska: The ESPGHAN/ESPID Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of Acute Gastroenteritis in Children in Europe Expert Working Group Department of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, {Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, and Fel...

Bolus calculators are effective tools in controlling blood glucose levels in patients treated with insulin. Diabetics is a new software devised for patients to facilitate and improve self-managing for prandial insulin dosing and for better controlling food intake. This device contains two integral parts: a nutrition database and a bolus calculator. The algorithm is based on a formula in which c...

Mathews Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Noninvasive Marker, Fibrospect II, Overestimates Fibrosis in Hepatitis C-Infected Patients with Chronic Renal Insufficiency Jonah N Rubin1, Noura M Sharabash2, Dingcai Cao3, Mary S Hammes4, Helen S Te5 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, Chicago. 2Digestive Health Institute, Carle Founda...

Barnes, Isabel J. (Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.), H. W. Seeley, and P. J. VanDeMark. Nutrition of Streptococcus bovis in relation to dextran formation. J. Bacteriol. 82:85-93. 1961.-Three nutritional types of Streptococcus bovis were encountered. Minimal media for their growth are described. Transferable growth in defined media was always accompanied by dextran production and the nutrition...

J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 87, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 92, E-Suppl. 1 441 Dam/grand-dam nutrition during pregnancy affects milk supply in offspring and reproductive performance in grand-offspring. H. T. Blair*, D. S. van der Linden, L. C. Davenport, P. R. Kenyon, C. M. C. Jenkinson, S. W. Peterson, D. D. S. Mackenzie, S. T. Morris, and E. C. Firth, National Research Centre for Growth & Developmen...

Nutrition history in Indonesia began in 1887, when Christiann Eijkman discovered the relationship between vitamin B-1 deficiency and beri-beri. In the 1950's, the socialization of nutrition messages started with the introduction of "Healthy Four Perfect Five" (Empat Sehat Lima Sempurna-ESLS). For the next 25 years after that, ESLS became a favorite in nutrition education and was nationally know...

N utrition screening, assessment, and intervention in patients with malnutrition are key components of nutrition care (Figure 1). Nutrition screening has been defined by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) as " a process to identify an individual who is malnourished or who is at risk for malnutrition to determine if a detailed nutrition assessment is indicated...

i D t S p t H a E t n M ( a i r m a r t fi t c s t ABSTRACT It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that nutrition intervention, including nutritional counseling by a registered dietitian (RD), is an essential component of team treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders (EDs) during assessment and treatment across the continuum of ca...