Good Nutrition When Tube Feeding at Home
Learn how good nutrition can support people at home when discharged on a feeding tube.
Guide to Adult Tube Feeding at Home
This booklet is a helpful guide for patients and caregivers on enteral nutrition, also known as tube feeding. This booklet has undergone review and approval by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN).
Specialized Feeding for Parents and Caregivers
This video is designed to help you understand the importance of safe preparation, handling, and storage of formula; specialized methods of feeding; and how to clean and sanitize supplies to prevent contamination.
Infant Feeding for Parents and Caregivers
This video demonstrates best practices to promote safety and the healthy growth and development of bottle-fed babies. Please follow these guidelines and regularly communicate with your child's pediatrician.
Measurement of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference to Screen for Childhood Malnutrition: General Applicability and Use in Special Populations
In addition to describing the use of MUAC as a screening tool, this article discusses several clinical situations in which MUAC is especially useful. It also reviews practical aspects of measuring and interpreting MUAC values and provides links to additional educational resources.
Characteristics of Fiber and Their Application in Patient Care
In this short video, Carley Rusch, PhD, RDN, LDN, will discuss the characteristics of fiber, the importance of fiber in the diet, and adequate recommendations you can make to improve fiber intake among your patients.
Conference Report: Leveraging the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) for Quality Improvement, Health Equity, and Better Patient Outcomes
Conference report summary from the 2023 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) describes a panel's strategies for integrating the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) quality measure into hospital electronic health records (EHRs).
Oral Nutrition Supplementation with Dietary Counseling Improves Linear Catch-Up Growth and Health Outcomes in Children With or at Risk of Undernutrition
In this video, review the SPROUT study, Supporting Pediatric Growth and Health Outcomes.
Nutrition for Healing Acute and Chronic Wounds: Current Practice, Recent Research Findings, and Insights for Improving Care
This Perspective review considers the links between nutrition, wounds, and healing, including factors related to high incidence/prevalence of wounds in older adults. Also described are nutrition interventions enhancing wound healing and strategies/tools for including nutrition as part of overall quality wound care.