Nutritional support is an important and integral part of the treatment process for critically ill patients. Patients after neurosurgical interventions patients with damage to central nervous system, example, due acute ischemic stroke, may be severity condition in intensive care unit. This a separate category nutritional this has its own characteristics. Enteral nutrition, as most physiological ...

INTRODUCTION Interventions to improve child diet are recommended as dietary patterns developed in childhood track into adulthood and influence the risk of chronic disease. For child health, childcare services are required to provide foods to children consistent with nutrition guidelines. Research suggests that foods and beverages provided by services to children are often inconsistent with nutr...

BACKGROUND Family child care homes (FCCHs) are the second-largest provider of nonrelative care in the U.S. However, despite providing care for nearly 1.9 million children aged <5 years, little is known about the nutrition and physical activity practices of FCCHs. PURPOSE To address this gap, this study aims to describe policies and practices related to nutrition and physical activity in a rep...

AIMS The aim of this survey was to gain an overview of enteral nutrition practices and procedures of European adult intensive care units and to describe current trends. BACKGROUND Currently, little is known about nutritional practices in European intensive care units and whether they match existing guidelines. DESIGN Survey. METHODS A 51-item questionnaire about nutritional assessment and...

Many patients leave hospital in poor nutritional states, yet little is known about the post-discharge nutrition care in which patients are engaged. This study describes the nutrition-care activities 30-days post-discharge reported by patients and what covariates are associated with these activities. Quasi-randomly selected patients recruited from 5 medical units across Canada (n = 513) consente...

BACKGROUND Nutrition counseling by physicians can improve patients' dietary behaviors and is affected by physicians' nutrition practices and attitudes, such as the perceived relevance of nutrition counseling. OBJECTIVE The objective was to provide data on medical students' perceived relevance of nutrition counseling, reported frequency of nutrition counseling, and frequency of fruit and veget...

Abstract Engaging older adults, and all those who care for them, is pivotal to providing high-value nutrition adults. Nurses other interdisciplinary team members are essential this process. The aim of chapter provide an overview the rationale evidence systematised as effective approach adults with or at risk malnutrition. This also serves a guide detailed chapters across book focal points on di...