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Filter by:This is a single site, single-blinded parallel randomized control trial that investigates a multi-level intervention to improve postpartum blood pressure in women with hypertensive disorder pregnancy. The investigators will recruit women diagnosed with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, identified between 3rd trimester and 2 weeks post-delivery. The investigators will randomize participants to receive usual care home blood pressure monitoring for 6 weeks versus an intervention of usual care + blood pressure and weight monitoring + a doula trained in heart health. This trial will be conducted in partnership with a local community-based organization, Healthy Start Inc.
The investigators aim to assess 24-hour protein kinetics at two different levels of protein intake: 0.8 (RDA) and 1.6g/kg/day (2RDA) during a normal dietary (TRAD) and a time restricted feeding (TRF) pattern in older adults.
NUTRITION CCS is a cross-sectional, descriptive study to assess the relationship between body composition and demographic, socioeconomic status, treatment modalities and blood samples of survivors who were in remission. The study was conducted in the Clinic for childhood cancer survivors. The clinic is attended by patients older than 18 years and was built in 2016 at the St. Anne's Hospital in Brno.
In this study, 18-60 years old patients with metabolic associated fatty liver disease（MAFLD） will be recruited to test the intervention effect of vegetarian diet. This randomized clinical trial randomized individuals to a healthy vegetarian diet or a healthy omnivorous diet for 24 weeks. At the baseline and after the 24week intervention, the clinical manifestations of MAFLD, obesity levels, indices for glucose and lipid metabolism parameters, results of questionnaire and fecal samples will be collected and analyzed.
Disease-related malnutrition (DRM) can occur when there is a deficient supply of energy, protein and/or other nutrients, depending on the nutritional needs of each individual at different times of their life cycle or health or disease circumstances. This deficiency induces effects on body composition and tissue and organ function and results in clinical consequences: increased morbidity and mortality associated with different disease processes. There are techniques for nutritional assessment using assessment tools aimed at morphofunctional diagnosis of malnutrition, in addition to the classical nutritional parameters, such as weight loss, BMI, folds, circumferences, albumin, lymphocytes, cholesterol and intake. New advanced parameters are being incorporated into clinical nutrition and their incorporation into clinical practice is of increasing interest, such as measures derived from bioelectrical impedance (BIA) and phase angle (PhA), dynamometry, functional tests, CRP/prealbumin ratio and muscle ultrasound. In 2019, the GLIM criteria were published, providing a different vision of how to assess the malnourished patient. Phenotypic criteria include reduction in muscle mass (measured using validated techniques to measure body composition). The objective of the study is to highlight nutritional ultrasound for measuring muscle and functional status in order to make a more accurate diagnosis and a better prediction of complications and morbidity and mortality in this type of patients.
Current nutritional diagnostic tools have serious limitations in certain groups of patients such as colon or ovarian cancer with high rates of overweight and obesity in which traditional anthropometric assessment is limited. The objective of the project is to establish a comprehensive nutritional assessment in surgical patients assessed in intensified recovery programs in Surgery at a national level, including new techniques aimed at measuring muscular and functional affection.
Malnutrition is associated with health adverse outcomes such as higher risk of mobility disability, falls and, fractures and higher mortality. Malnutrition had been defined as "a state resulting from lack of intake or uptake of nutrition that leads to altered body composition (decreased fat free mass) and body cell mass leading to diminished physical and mental function and impaired clinical outcome from disease". In 2018, the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) revisited nutrition and nutrition-related conditions definitions in the ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition based on the findings of the last decades. Nutrition disorders and nutrition related conditions were divided in 5 categories: Malnutrition/undernutrition, sarcopenia and frailty, overweight and obesity, micronutrients abnormalities, and refeeding syndrome. The definition of malnutrition based on the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria is globally accepted by de scientific community since this was launched in 2019. The presence of at least one phenotypic (i.e., nonintentional weight loss, low body mass index or low muscle mass) and one etiologic criterion (i.e., reduced food intake or inflammation) were required to define malnutrition. Malnutrition is a common pathological condition in older adults that can further influence and aggravate health-related muscle decline. Sarcopenia is known as a natural progressive decline in skeletal muscles occurring with age, with an age-related decline in muscle strength. According to the criteria published in 2019 by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2), this process is defined by the presence of low muscle strength and low muscle mass. Patients in acute care are likely to present higher stay and risk of mortality. However, the mortality have rarely been applied in acute care, due to difficulties to administer Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA), the gold standard method for muscle mass in acute care. Pragmatic approaches to assess nutrition and nutrition-related condition are urgently needed to provide better quality of care in clinical practice in geriatric medicine. The primary objective of this study is to determine the impact of nutrition disorders and nutrition-related conditions at baseline (admission in hospitalization) on the all-causes mortality risk in hospitalized older people. Secondarily, this study evaluates their impact on other health adverse outcomes: falls, fractures, rehospitalization, institutionalization, all-cause admission in intensive care, length of hospital stay, length of ventilation and USI stay. Finally, the diagnostic performance indicators of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) and the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) for malnutrition assessment following the GLIM criteria were calculated.
Globally, 250 million children do not reach their developmental potential and 155 million are stunted, yet few population-based studies have examined the direct effects of nutrient deficiencies on early brain development. This study will examine an evolutionary nutrition intervention during pregnancy derived from diets consumed for 99.9% of hominin history when bodies and brains were healthier. A pilot clinical trial will be conducted in the central highlands of Ecuador to compare fetal and newborn outcomes among women randomized to: 1) evolutionary nutrition package (high quality diet plus nutrition messaging); and 2) control (standard-of care supplements). Ultrasound brain measures, nutrition and morbidity data, and blood metabolomics will be assessed at 21 weeks gestational age, 37 weeks gestational stage, and postpartum. This pilot study uniquely combines the expertise of multiple disciplines - public health nutrition, radiology, neuroscience, and metabolomics - to examine the potential for improved nutrition on early growth and brain development with vital public health implications.
Older patients often suffer from multiple illnesses that require acute hospitalization. The goal of medical work is not only to save lives and heal acutely ill people but also to maintain physical fitness and self-sufficiency. In acutely hospitalized patients, the investigators often observe a decrease in muscle mass and strength, a deterioration in overall fitness with the need for long follow-up care, and sometimes permanent help with normal daily activities. An important part of the treatment of every acute patient is the emphasis on adequate nutrition and physical activity. The aim of this study is to determine the most appropriate intensity of exercise and diet that will be best for acute patients and will lead to the maintenance/improvement of physical fitness and thus shorten the length of hospitalization.
This study aims to determine the relationships among loss of control eating, restriction, relative reinforcing value of high energy-dense food, and obesity risk. In order to achieve this aim, the investigators will follow children over the course of a year, obtaining behavioral and observational measurements, in addition to a two-week restricted access and two week non-restricted access period.