Nutritional deficiencies are common in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. Assessment of the nutritional status should be part of the comprehensive care of these patients. Failure to address the nutritional deficiencies can result in poor quality of life and poor outcomes with the medical and surgical therapies. Identification and treatment of specific deficiencies are thus an i...

BACKGROUND The Chilean population has inadequate lifestyles and high prevalence of chronic diseases. AIM To analyze eating behaviors, nutritional status and history of previous diseases, in students of higher education. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional study in students of 54 higher education centers across the country. They answered a survey about dietary habits, physical activity, smo...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES This research was conducted to compare lecture-and experience-based methods of nutritional education as well as provide fundamental data for developing an effective nutritional education program in elementary schools. SUBJECTS/METHODS A total of 110 students in three elementary schools in Jeollanam-do were recruited and randomly distributed in lecture-and experience-base...

conclusions three medical barriers (poor appetite, depression and difficulty chewing), one behavioral barrier (poor total nutrition, protein, and potassium knowledge), and one socioeconomic barrier (needing help for shopping and cooking) were independently associated with nutritional markers. results patients with higher sga had lower knowledge about general nutrition [odds ratio (or), 1.3], po...

PURPOSE: This study aimed to explore the direction of nutrition management and education for adolescent athletes based on transtheoretical model (TTM).METHODS: cross-sectional was conducted 205 male using questionnaires in Seoul Gyeonggi provinces. Differences nutritional indices, dietary behaviors, self-efficacies were compared according stage behavior change, significance verified analysis va...

Background Malnutrition is an important factor affecting hypertensive incidence. Since the unhealthiest nutritional behaviors are rooted in childhood attitudes and experiences, applying educational interventions to these age groups will be most useful in the formation of preventive nutritional behaviors. Objective To determine the predictive power of the TPB on hypertension in junior high-sch...