background and purpose: nutrition plays a key role in maintaining and promoting health and preventing diseases. in most medical schools, nutrition education is not sufficient and only 26% of college students have proper nutritional education programs. physicians should use their knowledge through education and counseling with patients and healthy people to increase people’s level of health. poo...

  Background: Malnutrition is one of the most important health issues especially in developing countries that can have adverse effects on physical and mental health of children, resulting in various infections. This study aims to evaluate the growth indices and nutritional status in children hospitalized at the pediatric ward of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd, Iran in 2020. Methods: In this ...

Background: In Burkina Faso, malnutrition is a public health problem. Despite the significant drop in the prevalence of malnutrition since 2009 according to the Directorate of Nutrition, malnutrition is still a major concern with regard to its consequences. The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months in the Sabou He...

Introduction: Nutrition is an important determinant of health in the elderly. Older people are more susceptible to malnutrition that leaves adverse effects on their health. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of the community-dwelling elderly in Tabriz City.   Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among non- institutionalized older people in Tabriz, Iran. A to...

background. one of the treatment methods for facial fractures is close reduction technique, but treatment with intermaxillary fixation (imf) interferes with normal nutrition, and malnutrition can affect patient’s recovery. anthropometric measurements such as skinfold thickness and body mass index (bmi) are universal indexes for diagnosing malnutrition. so in this study we pointed out how treatm...

the purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of malnutrition and related factors that may affect the nutritional status of 0 to 59 month old children in the rural areas covered by the birjand district health network. a total of 626 children were selected by random sampling. data were collected using a questionnaires and face-to-face interviews with the mothers and by measuring weight ...

Background The present study is aimed to develop a nutritional model for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in children and its effectiveness in patients admitted to Mofid children's hospital.Materials and MethodsThis study was conducted as an interventional controlled clinical effectiveness trial with control group. The study population included children aged more than 1 year and und...

Background: Malnutrition is one of the most common disorders among children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). The present study aimed to investigate the effect of nutritional consultation on the type and severity of malnutrition in children with CF. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental stud...

malnutrition of patients in intensive care units of arak hospitals, in 1389     ebrahimi fakhar h [1] , salemi z [2]     received: 12 mar, 2012 accepted: 25 jun , 2012     abstract   background & aims: this study was performed to determine the nutrition condition of intensive care units patients in arak hospitals in 1388.  materials & methods: in this sectional study 115 eligible patients (71ma...