BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Our aim was to investigate the safety of iEAT (a food that is softened by heat and enzyme homogeneous permeation) and iEAT-affected nutrition parameters, e.g., nutrition intake (calculated from the consumption rate in patients with impaired mastication and those with mild dysphagia). METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN A multicenter, randomized, cross-over study of iEAT was con...

a prospective, randomized trial on 416 consecutive cases of appendicectomies was carried out in which half of the cases had simple ligation of the stump and the rest had invagination of the stump in addition. the two groups were matched for age, sex, state of personal hygiene and nutrition. the incidence of wound infection, and early and late post-operative complications remained comparable bet...

Few studies have examined nutrition transition in children in China. Our aim, in the present study, was to examine temporal trends in dietary energy, fat, carbohydrate and protein intake in Chinese children aged 7–17 years. The analysis used individual level, consecutive 3 d dietary recall data from seven rounds of the China Health and Nutrition Surveys in 1991 (n 2714), 1993 (n 2542), 1997 (n ...

Management of diabetes and hyperglycemia has become an important quality care indicator in the hospital setting. Multiple health care organizations offer guidelines for glycemic control, including recommendations for medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and consistent-carbohydrate meal plans.1–4 Additionally, the appropriate timing of nutrition delivery, point-ofcare (POC) blood glucose monitoring, ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Compared with total parenteral nutrition (TPN), enteral nutrition is more suitable for patients post-operatively. Our aim was to determine the safety and feasibility of early enteral nutrition (EEN) using a jejunum feeding tube in neonates after undergoing a partial gastrectomy. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN This was a retrospective review of 46 patients who underwent par...

OBJECTIVE Low-carbohydrate diets may be useful for weight loss. Diets high in vegetable proteins and oils may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. The main objective was to determine the longer term effect of a diet that was both low-carbohydrate and plant-based on weight loss and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS A parallel design study of 39 ov...

Nutrient imbalances cause the deterioration of tree health in European forests, but underlying physiological mechanisms are unknown. Here, we investigated consequences decreasing root carbohydrate reserves for phosphorus (P) mobilisation and uptake by forest trees. In P-rich P-poor beech (Fagus sylvatica) naturally grown, young trees were girdled used to determine root, ectomycorrhizal microbia...