Acute pancreatitis is a disease with varying severity. Patients with the mild form do not require nutritional support because oral intake is resumed rapidly. Studies on nutritional support in acute pancreatitis have included patients with both mild and severe disease. In this heterogeneous group, total parenteral nutrition did not improve outcome compared with no nutrition at all. This is cause...

Up to the present, no nutritional studies of the genus Musca have been made, despite the fact that M. dome8tica is extensively used for the laboratory testing of insecticides, and that in recent years, with the development of resistance to insecticides, the importance of physiological studies of the housefly has increased. In general, the nutritional requirements of insects for lipids are mostl...

background. Maintaining an adequate health status and appropriate lifestyles during pregnancy is of great importance to prevent adverse outcomes for both mother and baby. The present study aimed to assess the nutritional status, socio-demographic features, lifestyle behaviors and dietary habits of pregnant women in Spain, and to identify the influence of parity on these profiles. Methods. This ...

Background: During pregnancy the maintenance of an adequate health status and appropiate lifestyles, are of great importance to prevent adverse outcomes for both, mother and baby. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the nutritional status, sociodemographic features, lifestyle behaviors and dietary habits of pregnant women in Spain, and to identify the influence of parity on these profiles. ...

Growth failure in neonatal intensive care units is a major challenge for pediatricians and neonatologists. The use of early ‘‘aggressive’’ parenteral nutrition (PN), with >2.5 g/(kg d) of amino acids and at least 40 kcal/(kg d) of energy from the first day of life, has been shown to provide nutritional intakes in the range recommended by international guidelines, reducing nutritional deficit an...

The early to middle childhood years are a critical period for child neurodevelopment. Nutritional deficiencies, infection, and inflammation are major contributors to impaired child neurodevelopment in these years, particularly in low-resource settings. This review identifies global research priorities relating to nutrition, infection, and inflammation in early to middle childhood neurodevelopme...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease. It affectsmultiple bodyorgans. The lungs and pancreas are the most affected which results in progressive lung damage and pancreatic insufficiency.Due to thediseaseprocess,CFpatients require significantly higher caloric intake than recommended for other individuals. The nutritional goal for CF patients is to achieve normal growth and develo...

Throwers, jumpers, and combined events athletes require speed, strength, power, and a wide variety of technical skills to be successful in their events. Only a handful of studies have assessed the nutritional needs of such athletes. Because of this, recommendations for nutritional requirements to support and enhance training and competition performances for these athletes are made using researc...

Children with inherited metabolic disorders (IMD) who are dependent on tube feeding and require a protein restriction are commonly fed by 'modular tube feeds' consisting of several ingredients. A longitudinal, prospective two-phase study, conducted over 18 months assessed the long-term efficacy of a pre-measured protein-free composite feed. This was specifically designed to meet the non-protein...

despite the increased emphasis on chronic non-communicable diseases, there are notable deficits about nutrition education in many medicine training programs particularly gastroenterology fellowship programs. in the present cross-sectional study, we examined the nutritional knowledge related to clinical nutrition among iranian gastroenterology fellows. thirty-six gastroenterology fellows current...