Medical nutrition therapy is an integral component of diabetes management and of diabetes self-management education. Yet many misconceptions exist concerning nutrition and diabetes. Moreover, in clinical practice, nutrition recommendations that have little or no supporting evidence have been and are still being given to persons with diabetes. Accordingly, this position statement provides eviden...

Objective: To evaluate the incremental cost of and health benefits attributable to medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for managed care members participating in an obesityrelated health management program. Design: Retrospective casecontrol. Methodology: Overweight or obese adult managed care members who utilized the MNT benefit (n=291) were matched, using propensity score matching, with similar ind...

O b j e c t i v e s : To examine whether augmented nutrition therapy (Volkert et al. 2006, Williams 2006) improves the general rehabilitation outcome of patients with neurogenic dysphagia compared to neurologic patients without dysphagia. S u b j e c t s / m e t h o d s : 127 stroke patients undergoing postacute multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation approach were routinely screened for neurogen...

Around 30% of hospitalized patients in Europe are malnour-ished, and the figures for the community are also alarming. In certain diseases the proportion of malnourished patients can go up to 60%. The consequences of malnutrition are still neglected. The levels of knowledge and awareness of nutritional problems are low among all caregivers. Malnutrition is a heavy burden for the society, leading...

Editorial The International Society of Sport Nutrition (ISSN) [1] was established in 2003 with a mission to become the leading professional organization in the field of sports nutrition. The ISSN is dedicated to promoting and supporting the science and application of sports nutrition and is recognized as the only not-for-profit academicbased society dedicated to sports nutrition and growing the...

Editorial The International Society of Sport Nutrition (ISSN) [1] was established in 2003 with a mission to become the leading professional organization in the field of sports nutrition. The ISSN is dedicated to promoting and supporting the science and application of sports nutrition and is recognized as the only not-for-profit academicbased society dedicated to sports nutrition and growing the...