Approach to Breast-feeding
Ruth Lawrence, MD
Robert M. Lawrence, MD "Babies were born to be breast-fed" is the tagline for the national campaign to promote breastfeeding.1 The health goals of our nation include a statement regarding breast-feeding. By the year 2010, 75% of women will leave the hospital breastfeeding ...
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Childhood Malnutrition: Prevention and Control at the National Level
Gerardo Weisstaub, MD, MSc
Magdalena Araya, MD, PhD
Ann Hill, PhD
Ricardo Uauy, MD, PhDThe nutritional status of children is directly related to their health condition and both in turn are key determinants of the human and social development of communities around the world. Improvement of nutrition and health increase the chances of child survival ...
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Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status
Asim Maqbool, MD
Irene E. Olsen, PhD, RD
Virginia A. Stallings, MD Nutritional assessment is an integral part of patient care since nutritional status affects a patient’s response to illness. Attention to nutritional status is especially important in pediatric patients as they are also undergoing the complex processes ...
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Drug Therapy and Role of Nutrition
Kathleen M. Gura, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP
Lingtak-Neander Chan, PharmD, BCNSP The nutritional status of patients and the constituents of their diet can signifi cantly impact a drug’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties.1 These can affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, transport, and excretion of drugs. Body weight ...
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Enteral Nutrition
Maria-Luisa Forchielli, MD, MPH, FACG
Julie Bines, MD, FRACP The delivery of food via a tube directly into the gastrointestinal tract has been described since pre-Christian times. In ancient Egypt, and later in Greece, feeds were introduced into the rectum, and in the nineteenth century, rudimentary tubes were used to infuse ...
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Human Growth and Disease in Later Life
David J.P. Barker, FRSCoronary heart disease and the related disorders, stroke, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes, are more common among people whose birthweights were toward the lower end of the normal range. The associations depend on lower birthweights ...
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International Nutrition
Benjamin Caballero, MD, PhDWhile the study of global health has traditionally been of particular interest to those working in international health agencies or in developing countries, today’s world makes it essential for all health professionals to understand the global forces shaping people’s health ...
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Nutritional Management of Preterm Infants Postdischarge
William C. Heird, MDThe usual recommendation for feeding prematurely born infants is to provide sufficient nutrients to support rates of growth and nutrient accretion equal to intrauterine rates.1 The protein and energy intakes required to achieve this goal, provided the intakes of all other necessary nutrients ...
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Pediatric Nutrition: A Distinct Subspecialty
William C. MacLean Jr, MD
Alan Lucas, MD, FRCP, FMed SciScientific interest in nutrition has a long history.1-3 Balance studies were conceived by Sanctorius in the 1620s. Lavoisier researched the oxidation of foods and Magendie discovered that protein was necessary for survival two centuries ago. In 1838 ...
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Protective Properties of Human Milk
Anne Donnet-Hughes, PhD
Eduardo J. Schiffrin, MD, PhD
W. Allan Walker, MDHuman breast milk is an undeniably unique, natural source of nutrition for the human infant. However, in addition to the nutritive value it imparts, breast milk and breast-feeding are well recognized to protect against gastrointestinal infections, diarrheal diseases ...
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Special Diets
Melanie V. Connolly, MSc, RD, LDN, CNSDThe role of meeting nutrient requirements in disease, and the importance of providing essential nutrients to prevent disease, have been recognized for centuries. Examples include text from ancient Egyptian writings, the discovery of the dietary etiology of scurvy ...more
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Standard and Specialized Enteral Formulas
Tien-Lan Chang, MD
Ronald E. Kleinman,MDAs research and experience over the past century have advanced our knowledge of the nutrient requirements and digestive functions of infants and children in health and illness, enteral formulas have become more sophisticated and diversified to meet their nutritional and metabolic needs ...
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Strategies for Increasing Hospital Breastfeeding Rates in the U.S.
This is a report and recommendations from a panel of multidisciplinary health care professionals. It includes a review of objectives, trends, measures, and approaches to increasing U.S. in-hospital breastfeeding rates. Recommendations include individualizing care; improving timing, quality, and availability of breastfeeding education; establishing breastfeeding support systems for mothers; adopting guidelines supported by research; and promoting a culture of breastfeeding support. Read the report now.
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The History of Neonatology in the United States: A Century of Caring
Anne M. Jorgensen, RNC, MS, NNP, DNPc
As the 19th century bid its farewell, Americans looked over their shoulder with awe at remarkable strides that characterized the industrial revolution. Yet, despite urban explosion and technological advance, nearly 20% of all infants in American cities never lived to see their first birthday....
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Celiac Disease
Dascha C. Weir, MD
Ciaran Kelly, MDCeliac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy secondary to permanent sensitivity to wheat gluten and related proteins in rye and barley. It results in characteristic histologic changes consisting of inflammation, crypt hyperplasia, and villous atrophy...
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Complications of Obesity: Metabolic Syndrome
Stavroula K. Osganian, MD, ScD
Sarah de Ferranti, MD, MPH
The rising rates of obesity in children and adults have been accompanied by an increase in the cooccurrence of obesity-associated metabolic abnormalities known as the metabolic syndrome. The metabolic syndrome is described as a constellation of metabolic abnormalities ...
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Diabetes Mellitus
Joseph Wolfsdorf, MB, BCh
Maryanne Quinn, MD
Karen Warman, MS, RD, LDNMeal planning is a cornerstone of diabetes management, and nutrition education is an essential component of a comprehensive program of diabetes education for patients and their families.1,2 Recommendations for medical nutrition therapy (MNT) of diabetes mellitus ...
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Diarrheal Diseases
Tyler Burpee, MD
Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH Diarrheal diseases are a major cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide, with a median incidence of 3.2 episodes per child-year and 2.5 million deaths of children under 5 years of age estimated to occur annually.1 If these statistics appear daunting ...
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Failure to Thrive: Malnutrition in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting
Robert Markowitz, MD
John B. Watkins, MD
Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH Pediatricians have described malnourished children with the words "failure to thrive" (FTT) since at least the nineteenth century.1 There continues to be a notable lack of progress regarding a valid and reliable definition of the term.2 One review of general pediatric ...
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Food Allergies
Hugh Sampson, MD
Jennifer Maloney, MD The term "allergy" is subject to a wide range of interpretations. Many conditions are labeled as allergic disorders; however, a clear immunologic basis for disease is not present. As a result, a clear definition is necessary before delving into the subject of food allergy ...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Robert Heuschkel, MB, BS, MRCPCHFrom the earliest clinical descriptions of children with Crohn’s disease (CD), it was clear that significant undernutrition is a major feature of the disease. Furthermore, growth retardation, which may have a nutritional component, is a common clinical manifestation ...more
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Necrotizing Enterocolitis(NEC): The Process of Putting Evidence-Based Medicine into Practice
Jackie Wessel, MEd, RD, CSP, CNSD, CLENEC. Three letters that can evoke a visceral reaction of fear and dread in the hearts of neonatal clinicians. A beautiful little baby that you admitted on Monday is doing quite well by Friday; you come back on Sunday to find the baby onthe ventilator with an ostomy ...
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Nutritional Anemias
Ellen Butensky, PhD, PNP
Paul Harmatz, MD
Bertram Lubin, MDAnemia is defined as a circulating red blood cell mass inadequate to prevent tissue hypoxia. Anemia can be related to blood loss, decreased red cell production, increased red cell destruction, or a combination of these events. When anemia occurs ...
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Persistent Renal Disease
Nancy M Rodig, MD
Nancy Spinozzi, RD, LDN
William Harmon, MD This chapter will outline principles for the nutritional management of children with both acute and chronic disturbances of renal function. A decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is common to both disorders, which results in altered renal physiologic functions ...
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The Critically Ill Child
Nilesh M. Mehta, MD, DCH, MRCPCH
Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD The prevalence of malnutrition among critically ill patients, especially those with a protracted clinical course, has remained largely unchanged over the last two decades.1,2 The profound and stereotypic metabolic response to critical illness and failure to provide optimal nutritional support ...
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Commentary on Two Interrelated Policy Statements,1,2 about Nutrition from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Sandra L Gardner, RN, MS, CNS, PNPClinical Reports:
Optimizing Bone Health and Calcium Intakes of Infants, Children and Adolescents.
Prevention of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency: New Guidelines for Vitamin D Intake ...
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Gastrointestinal Development: Implications for Infant Feeding
Josef Neu, MD
Martha Douglas-Escobar, MD The field of gastrointestinal (GI) development has been advancing at a rapid pace in the past 30 years.1 The level of GI maturity of an individual infant is a major determinant of whether the infant will be able to meet nutritional needs by sole ...
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Immunophysiology and Nutrition of the Gut
Samuli Rautava, MD, PhD
W. Allan Walker, MD The intestinal surface comes into contact with a continuous flux of a vast variety of antigens. The primary function of the intestinal mucosa is absorption of nutrients. This function necessitates the transport of molecules across a single layer of epithelial cells ...
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Malnutrition and Host Defense
Susanna Cunningham-Rundles, PhD
Aeri Moon, MD
David F. McNeeley, MD, MPHTM The vital importance of nutrition in host defense has been recognized since the time of Hippocrates,1 well before the appearance of the germ theory of infection in the nineteenth century.2 Although traceable in origin to Metchnikoff3 and the cell theory ...
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Nutrition and Gene Expression
Mona Bajaj-Elliott, BSc, PhD
Ian R. Sanderson, MD, MSc, MRCP Altering the expression of genes has become a rapidly evolving area of research in medicine. The realization that gene expression is important in a wide range of diseases, and not just in inherited disease, has resulted in recognition of the whole field ...
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Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics: Functional Foods
Jacqueline J Wessel, MEd, RD, CNSD, CSP, CLE, LDIn the 1950s, my mother read books about nutrition, by authors such as Adele Davis that espoused the concept of functional foods. Functional foods are those that have health benefits beyond that of their nutritional content ...
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Protein and Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants
Jacqueline Wessel, MEd, RD, CNSD, CSP, CLE, LDWe have known for years that protein is an essential nutrient. However, the unique role of protein metabolism in growth and Neurodevelopmental outcome is based on much newer data. Research by Patti Thureen, MD, Ekhard Ziegler, MD ...
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Vitamin D in Health and Disease: A Hot Topic
Jacqueline J Wessel, MEd, RD, CNSD, CSP, CLE, LDIn the field of nutrition, vitamin D is a “hot topic.” If you enter “vitamin D” into the PubMed search engine, 45,000 entries appear. Currently, articles are being published on this important vitamin at a rate of almost 100 each month. For those of us caring for neonates and interested in infant nutrition, the big vitamin D story is the changed recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 2008.1 ...
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1st Hospital Nutrition State of the Art Summit, Manila, Philippines
Sponsored by the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute, the 1st Hospital Nutrition State of the Art Summit was held on June 29-30, 2010, in Manila, Philippines. The summit promotes state of the art hospital nutrition management. Over 50 nutrition leaders representing 13 hospitals in Asia and the Middle East participated in this pioneering event.
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2009 PENSA Congress Summary
This newsletter reports from the 13th Congress of the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Asia (PENSA), a meeting held in Kuala Lumpur from June 5-7, 2009. The broad scientific program featured 14 Symposia and Plenary Sessions, 57 posters, and industry-sponsored lunch and tea symposia...
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E.S.P.E.N. 2010 Clinical Nutrition News: Kidney Disease
Clinical Nutrition News: Kidney Disease is a brief update from ESPEN 2010 for health care professionals with a particular interest in the role of nutrition in the care of patients with kidney disease. This issue reports from the 32nd Congress of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN), which took place September 5th – 8th in Nice, France.
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E.S.P.E.N. 2010 Clinical Nutrition News: Oncology
Clinical Nutrition News: Oncology at ESPEN 2010 is a brief update for health care professionals with a particular interest in the role of nutrition in the care of patients with cancer. This issue reports from the 32nd Congress of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN), which took place September 5th – 8th in Nice, France.
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HMB (Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate): A Scientific Review
HMB is a naturally occurring leucine metabolite that rebuilds lean body mass (LBM) as well as muscle strength. Maintaining LBM, and muscle mass in particular, is essential to support whole-body protein metabolism, physical strength, immune function, skin integrity, wound healing, and organ function...
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Improving Outcomes in Chronic Diseases with Specialized Nutrition Intervention
Proper nutrition plays a key role in both the prevention and treatment of many chronic diseases.An ever-growing body of research demonstrates that in treating common chronic diseases, timely, adequate, and appropriate nutrition intervention can improve patients? clinical outcomes, improve their quality of life, and reduce health care costs....
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The Influence of Protein, Amino Acids, and Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) Supplementation with Strength Training and Muscle Development
This summary of a presentation by William J. Kraemer, PhD, at A.S.P.E.N. 2010, examined some of the important concepts of protein, amino acids, and beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) on strength training and muscular development. One of the primary variables that is enhanced with strength training and supplementation with these nutrients is lean body mass (LBM), which is commonly defined as everything but hte essential body fat component.....
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Vitamin D and Physical Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This is a summary of a presentation given by Denise K. Houston, PhD, RD, at the 2010 A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Nutrition Week. The active form of vitamin D, serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(1,25(OH)
2D), is synthesized in a series of steps starting with the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to previtamin D
3 by ultraviolet light in the skin, which is then isomerized to vitamin D
3...
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A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Nutrition Week 2011 - Glycemic Control: Strategies for Managing the Hospitalized Patient
In these videos, perspectives are provided on the challenges of managing patients with diabetes/hyperglycemia in the hospital setting with a specific focus on the relationship between nutrition intervention, glycemic control, and lean body mass in older patients.
Excerpts provided by:
Jennifer Wooley, MS, RD, CNSD Nutrition Services Manager University of Michigan Health System
Etie Moghissi, MD, FACP, FACE Associate Clinical Professor Department of Medicine University Of California Los Angeles
Jeffrey Halter, MD Professor of Internal Medicine Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine Director, Geriatrics Center and Institute of Gerontology University of Michigan
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What are the barriers you face in managing hyperglycemia? (Etie Moghissi)
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How do we overcome these barriers? (Etie Moghissi)
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What role does nutrition play in diabetes management? (Etie Moghissi)
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What role does nutrition play in diabetes management and lean body mass? (Jennifer Wooley)
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How can lean body mass and muscle function effect clinical outcomes in older, obese patients with diabetes? (Jeffery Halter)
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What types of assessments do you typical use? (Jeffery Halter)
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How does acute illness impact lean body mass? (Jeffery Halter)
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Can you discuss two key interventions to help manage sarcopenia in patients with diabetes? (Jennifer Wooley)
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What interventions should be considered to help manage patients with sarcopenia and diabetes? (Jeffery Halter)
A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Nutrition Week 2011 - Lean Body Mass: Navigating the Impact of Hospitalization on Recovery and Health Outcomes
In these videos, perspectives are provided on ways to improve essential lean body mass and support optimal dietary protein intake.
Excerpts provided by:
Suzanne Dixon, MPH, MS, RD The Health Geek, LLC
Doug Paddon-Jones, PhD The University of Texas Medical Branch
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, CNSC, Drexel University College
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In the hospital, what are steps we can take to support dietary intake? (Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili)
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What are your recommended strategies for including protein in the diets of older adults? (Doug Paddon-Jones)
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What are practical, every day ways to include protein? (Suzanne Dixon)
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With the priority on protein, how should we think about carbohydate and fat? (Suzanne Dixon)
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How difficult do you think it would be to change the way we feed hospitalized patients to address their loss of lean body mass? (Doug Paddon-Jones)
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What should nurses look for to help determine if their patient is at risk for sarcopenia? (Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili)
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What sequence of events could put an older person at risk for sarcopenia? (Doug Paddon-Jones)
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From a nursing perspective, what are some of the nutritional issues related to recovery? (Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili)
A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Nutrition Week 2011 - Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Examining the Role of Transition and Timing
In these videos, perspectives are provided on building nutrition support teams with an emphasis on the role of the dietitian and fostering the awareness of enteral nutrition as the preferred route of nutrition delivery.
Excerpts provided by:
Susan Brantley , MS, RD, LDN, CNSD University of Tennessee Medical Center
Krishnan Sriram, MD, FACS, FRCS(C) John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook Country
Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
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What advice would you give a dietitian in starting a nutrition support team? (Krishnan Sriram)
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What successful strategies do you use in working with physicians? (Marion Winkler)
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Do you have any advice for a new dietitian interested in nutrition support? (Susan Brantley)
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Can you discuss ways to raise awareness of nutrition support among your colleagues? (Susan Brantley)
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In addition to ICU rounds, what other ways can we foster a team approach? (Krishnan Sriram)
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What data should the dietitian collect to demonstrate the value of a nutrition support team? (Krishnan Sriram)
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What data do you collect to evaluate the benefit of following guidelines? (Marion Winkler)
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What are the biggest challenges you face in feeding your patients? (Susan Brantley)
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How do you approach refeeding syndrome in your patients? (Marion Winkler)
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How should guidelines be incorporated into enteral feeding protocols? (Susan Brantley)
Consequences of Loss of Lean Body Mass
LBM plays a key role in the functionality and healing of every patient. In this video, the three experts explain how the increasing loss of lean tissue is likely to impact patient status and recovery. (3 min. 50 sec.)
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Discover the Leader in You - Interview with Carol Kaufman, PhD, ABPP, PCC
The following excerpt is delivered by Carol Kaufman, PhD, ABPP, PCC, an accomplished leadership coach. Dr. Kaufmann presented at the "Discover the Leader in You" American Dietetic Association Foundation pre-conference symposium held at the 2010 Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Boston.
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Discover the Leader in You - Interview with Connie Diekman, MEd, RD, LD, FADA
The following excerpt is delivered by Connie Diekman, MEd, RD, LD, FADA, an accomplished leader in the health care and nutrition arenas. Ms. Diekman moderated the "Discover the Leader in You" American Dietetic Association Foundation pre-conference symposium held at the 2010 Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Boston.
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Discover the Leader in You - Interview with Jane Ryan, PhD, RD
The following excerpt is delivered by Jane Ryan, PhD, RD, an accomplished leader in the health care and nutrition arenas. Dr. Ryan presented at the "Discover the Leader in You" American Dietetic Association Foundation pre-conference symposium held at the 2010 Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Boston.
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Discover the Leader in You - Interview with Ninfa Saunders, RN, MSN, MBA, PhD
The following excerpt is delivered by Ninfa Saunders, RN, MSN, MBA, PhD, an accomplished leader in the health care arena. Dr. Saunders presented at the "Discover the Leader in You" American Dietetic Association Foundation pre-conference symposium held at the 2010 Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Boston.
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Discover the Leader in You - Interview with Susan Roberts, MS, RD, LD, CNSD
The following excerpt is delivered by Susan Roberts, MS, RD, LD, CNSD, an accomplished leader in nutrition. Ms. Roberts presented at the "Discover the Leader in You" American Dietetic Association Foundation pre-conference symposium held at the 2010 Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Boston.
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Discover the Leader in You - Suggested Reading
List of suggested reading material for the "Discover the Leader in You " American Dietetic Association Foundation pre-conference symposium held at the 2010 Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Boston.
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Discover the Leader in You - Summary
The following excerpts are delivered by accomplished leaders in the health care and nutrition arenas. These leaders presented at the "Discover the Leader in You" American Dietetic Association Foundation pre-conference symposium held at the 2010 Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Boston.
Faculty:
Carol Kauffman, PhD, ABPP, PCC
Ninfa Saunders, RN, MSN, MBA, PhD
Jane Ryan, PhD, RD
Susan Roberts, MS, RD, LD, CNSD
Moderated by:
Connie Diekman, MEd, RD, LD, FADA
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Functionality, Lean Body Mass and Nutrition
Adequate amounts of high-quality protein and other nutrients are essential for building and maintaining LBM. In this video, the three experts discuss nutritional aspects that promote positive patient outcomes. (3 min. 50 sec.)
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Loss of Lean Body Mass
Some patients are more likely than others to have reduced LBM. In this video, the three experts talk about the circumstances in which a patient is at greater risk for LBM loss. (3 min. 20 sec.)
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Measurement of Lean Body Mass
Assessment of LBM stores is accomplished through several means, including biochemical parameters, clinical signs and symptoms, and tests of functionality. In this video, the three experts consider ways to evaluate the quantity and quality of lean mass. (4 min. 50 sec.)
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Nutrition at Work: Weight Management Strategies for Diabetes - Erin McCarthy, MS, RD, LDN
Nutrition at Work: Weight Management Strategies for Diabetes - Kirsten Webb, BSN, FNP, CDE
Nutrition at Work: Weight Management Strategies for Diabetes - Robert Kushner, MD
Relationship Between Lean Body Mass, Strength and Functionality
While LBM is clearly important in muscle strength and patient functionality, the exact nature of that relationship is debatable. In this video, Drs. Manini and Ferrando offer their differing viewpoints on the association between muscle mass and strength. (2 min.)
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Solution to the Problem of Loss of Lean Body Mass
LBM tends to decrease with age. However, certain physical and nutritional interventions may help to maintain muscle strength and function. In this video, Dr. Ferrando and RD Susan Dixon provide suggestions for minimizing the loss of muscle mass and function. (5 min. 45 sec)
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Anthropometric Growth Increments
Anthropometric Growth of Children with Cerebral Palsy
Anthropometric Growth of Children with Down Syndrome
Anthropometric Growth of Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome
Anthropometric Growth of Females with Turner Syndrome
Nutrition in Pediatrics Appendix 1
This is a large pdf of 60 growth charts and tables. The list below outlines the specific growth charts contained within the Appendix and provides them as smaller files to open.
Melanie V. Connolly, MSc, RD, LDN, CNSD
Placed with permission from Duggan C, Watkins J, Walker W. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Basic Science. Clinical Applications. 4th ed. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: BC Decker Inc; 2008. The entire book can be purchased through the publisher at PMPH USA.
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Clinical Examination of Nutritional Deficiencies and Excesses
Growth Charts for Preterm Infants
Average Daily Body Weight of Premature Infants by Postnatal Age
Average Weekly Length of Premature Infants by Postnatal Age
Average Weekly Head Circumference of Premature Infants by Postnatal Age
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Growth Rate for Infants, Sexes Combined
Babson and Venda Growth Rates for Infants
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Most Common Classification of Protein-Energy Malnutrition
Newborn Classification, LGA, AGA, and SGA
Classification of Newborn Based on Maturity and Intrauterine Growth
(Battaglia and Lubchenco)
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Reference Growth Charts for Specific Syndromes
Skinfold Measurements
Standard Growth Charts and Pubertal Development
CDC Anthropometric Charts
WHO Anthropometric Charts
Pubertal Development
Female Pubertal Development
Male Pubertal Development
Height Velocity for American Males
Height Velocity for American Females
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