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Prevalence of Food Addiction and Binge Eating in an Italian sample of bariatric surgery candidates and overweight/obese patients seeking low-energy-diet therapy.

Rivista di psichiatria, 2019
AIM The main aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of Food Addiction (FA) and clinical level of Binge Eating in an Italian sample of overweight/obese patients attending low energy-diet therapy, and in an Italian sample of obese ...
E. Bianciardi, M. Fabbricatore, G. Di Lorenzo, M. Innamorati, L. Tomassini, P. Gentileschi, C. Niolu, A. Siracusano, C. Imperatori   +8 more
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Diet as risk and therapy for cancer

Medical Clinics of North America, 1993
This article provides a brief overview of the scientific rationale for dietary guidelines that may reduce the risk of some types of cancers--breast, colon, and prostate in particular. Dietary modification clinical trials currently sponsored by the National Cancer Institute are described.
C, Clifford, B, Kramer
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Failure of ketogenic diet therapy in GLUT1 deficiency syndrome.

European journal of paediatric neurology, 2019
PURPOSE Epilepsy in GLUT1 deficiency syndrome is generally drug-resistant; ketogenic diet (KD) therapy is the mainstay of therapy, as production of ketones provides the brain with an alternative energy source, bypassing the defect in GLUT1. Failure of KD
Yvonne A. C. Bekker, D. Lambrechts, J. Verhoeven, Jessy van Boxtel, C. Troost, E. Kamsteeg, M. Willemsen, Hilde M H Braakman   +7 more
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The Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diet Therapy for Children With Refractory Epilepsy of Genetic Etiology.

Pediatric Neurology, 2019
BACKGROUND The ketogenic diet is an accepted treatment modality in refractory childhood epilepsy. In this study, we analyzed the efficacy and tolerability of the ketogenic and modified Atkins diets in children with refractory epilepsy of genetic etiology
Spoorthi Jagadish, E. Payne, L. Wong-Kisiel, K. Nickels, S. Eckert, E. Wirrell   +5 more
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Diet Therapy in Diabetic Nephropathy

2007
Although protein restriction has been suggested as a mainstay of therapy for patients with diabetic nephropathy, controversy exists regarding the exact dietary prescription and stage of disease for implementation. This chapter reviews the pathophysiology and stages of diabetic nephropathy, clinical studies of dietary therapy in diabetic nephropathy ...
Yoshitaka, Maeda, Tatsuo, Shiigai
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Quality evaluation of Persian nutrition and diet therapy websites

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Nowadays websites are among the most important information sources used by most people. With the spread of websites, especially those related to health issues, the number of their visitors also increases, more than half of which are about ...
Zahra Gholizadeh, Ahmad Papi, H. Ashrafi-rizi, L. Shahrzadi, A. Hasanzadeh   +4 more
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Phosphate Restriction in Diet Therapy

2007
Hyperphosphatemia and hyperparathyroidism, frequently observed in patients with endstage renal disease, are associated with renal osteodystrophy, organ calcification, cardiovascular disease and sudden death. Restriction of dietary protein and phosphorus is beneficial in slowing the progression of renal failure.
Eiji, Takeda, Hironori, Yamamoto, Yuka, Nishida, Tadatoshi, Sato, Naoki, Sawada, Yutaka, Taketani   +5 more
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Diet therapy - a forgotten art?

Paediatric Nursing, 2000
This study evaluated paediatric nursing students' knowledge of diet therapy to establish whether it was sufficient to prepare them for practice. A questionnaire sampled 19 1st-year and nine 4th-year students' diet therapy knowledge in relation to chronic renal failure, cystic fibrosis, juvenile diabetes mellitus and liver disease.
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Diet Controversies in Lipid Therapy

The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2000
Increasing awareness of the relationship between diet and disease has prompted a notable increase in nutrition research. The focus of many of these studies continues to be on amount and type of fat in the diet. At the same time, a great deal of attention is being directed at other dietary components and their mode of action.
M, Winston, S, St Jeor, J, Ashley
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Diet and drug therapy for lipoprotein (a)

Current Opinion in Lipidology, 1995
Lipoprotein (a) has been implicated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Recently, considerable progress has been made toward understanding the importance of genetics in the regulation of plasma levels of lipoprotein (a).
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