CASE A 62-year-old man with cirrhosis, hepatitis C, and hepatocellular carcinoma, underwent a liver transplant. On day 11 after surgery, a chylous leak from a partial wound dehiscence was noted. The leak did not respond to 2 weeks of uninterrupted, fat-free clear liquid diet and 12-hour total parenteral nutrition at night. The same treatment was continued for another 6 weeks with fatty meal cha...

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the nutritional knowledge levels of academicians and their adherence Mediterranean diet.
 Methods: The research data were collected face with help a questionnaire created by researchers. Demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, habits, diet questioned form. Nutritional individuals evaluated ‘Nutrition Knowledge Level Scale...

INTRODUCTION The literature on community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches for promoting healthy diet and nutrition and preventing and controlling obesity in African-American communities was systematically reviewed as part of the planning process for new research. METHODS CBPR studies of diet, nutrition, and weight management among African-Americans were identified from 1989 thro...

O n October 13 and 14, 2009, 16 scholars from a variety of different disciplines took part in a workshop in Berlin to discuss evolutionary dimensions of human nutrition. The workshop was one of five related to the overall theme of ‘‘Evolution and Diseases of Civilization’’ organized by Randolph Nesse (Michigan) and sponsored by the Volkswagen Stiftung and the Brandenberg Academy of Arts and Sci...

Cancer is the major cause of death in the UK, and the Government has set a target to reduce death rate from cancer in individuals < 75 years by > or = 20% by 2010. Whilst earlier diagnosis and more effective treatments will contribute to meeting this target, there are considerable opportunities to prevent cancer by improving diet and other aspects of lifestyle. There is now a good understanding...

OBJECTIVE To review the evidence on diet and nutrition relating to osteoporosis and provide recommendations for preventing osteoporosis, in particular, osteopototic fracture. APPROACH Firstly, to review the definition, diagnosis and epidemiology of osteoporosis, to discuss the difficulties in using bone mineral density to define osteoporosis risk in a world-wide context and to propose that fr...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract that encompasses Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Conversations regarding diet are one of the most frequently discussed points between doctors and patients. The interrelationships between IBD and diet are complex, and are an area of great interest and confusion among both physicians and...

SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS 1970 The aids to easy and accurate punching are twofold. For as many programmes as practicable, proformas are prepared whcre card columns arc idcntified and the entries to be made in each group of columns corresponding to the value of a variable are clearly defined. Fig. 3 gives a typical proforma used for the closed circuit respiration chamber programme, CCRC3. Note that ...