The incidence and mortality of gastric cancer have been steadily decreased over the past few decades. However, gastric cancer is still one of the leading causes of cancer deaths across many regions of the world, particularly in Asian countries. In previous studies, nutrition has been considered one of significant risk factors in gastric cancer patients. Especially, malnourished patients are at ...

BACKGROUND Calcium (Ca(2+)) and vitamin D (VitD) play an important role in child health. We evaluated the daily intake of Ca(2+) and VitD in healthy children. Moreover, we demonstrate the efficacy of Ca(2+) and VitD supplementation. METHODS Daily Ca(2+) and VitD intake was evaluated in consecutive healthy children through a validated questionnaire. Subjects with <70% of dietary reference inta...

The isomaltulose based liquid formula (MHN-01), suppresses postprandial plasma glucose and insulin levels in healthy persons and patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or type 2 diabetes. MHN-01 intake as a part of breakfast also suppresses glucose and insulin levels after lunch, suggesting second meal effect. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of nutritional cou...

Women of child-bearing age should achieve and maintain good nutritional status prior to conception to help minimize health risks to both mothers and infants. Many women may not be aware of the importance of preconception nutrition and supplementation or have access to nutrition information. Health care providers should be knowledgeable about preconception/pregnancy-related nutrition and take th...

Anthropometry helps to assess nutritional status which is an important determinant of clinical outcome in many patients, including the number of those suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD). Weight gain after successful kidney transplantation is a well-known phenomenon, therefore we hypothesized that intensive counseling, based of menu analysis by a dietitian of CKD patients with a kidney ...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal injuries occur frequently in elite athletes. Understanding what professionals who work with patients with sports injuries think about prevention has been suggested as an important aspect to improve the effectiveness of programs to prevent sports injuries. OBJECTIVES To describe and characterize the opinions of physical therapists, physicians and trainers on 'risk fa...

The purpose of this service is to increase nutritional knowledge, improve milk processing skills for housewives, especially pregnant and lactating women, young women. These objectives can be achieved through various corrective activities including: (1) General counseling nutrition, (2) Counseling on the composition benefits corn, (3) Extension corn products, (4) Training processing. method used...

One of the nutritional problems that is commonly experienced in adolescence anemia, which often occurs due to wrong behavior. Kalasey 2 Village an area has anemia Mandolang District, Minahasa Regency. This community service aims increase knowledge about prevent and overcome problem teenage girl women childbearing age (WUS). The methods used this activity were checking hemoglobin levels, counsel...

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