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Aging, Nutritional Status and Health [PDF]

Healthcare, 2015
The older population is increasing worldwide and in many countries older people will outnumber younger people in the near future. This projected growth in the older population has the potential to place significant burdens on healthcare and support services.
Leslie, Wilma, Hankey, Catherine
openaire   +3 more sources

Vitamin A and iron supplementation of Indonesian pregnant women benefits vitamin A status of their infants [PDF]

, 2001
Many Indonesian infants have an inadequate nutritional status, which may be due in part to inadequate maternal nutrition during pregnancy. This study was designed to investigate whether infant nutritional status could be improved by maternal vitamin A ...
Muslimatun, S., West, C.E., Schultink, W., Schmidt, M.K., Hautvast, J.G.A.J.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Exercise training alone or in combination with high-protein diet in patients with late onset Pompe disease: results of a cross over study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020
Background Late onset Pompe disease (LOPD) is a lysosomal neuromuscular disorder which can progressively impair the patients’ exercise tolerance, motor and respiratory functions, and quality of life.
Annalisa Sechi, Lucrezia Zuccarelli, Bruno Grassi, Rita Frangiamore, Ramona De Amicis, Mauro Marzorati, Simone Porcelli, Annarita Tullio, Anna Bacco, Simona Bertoli, Andrea Dardis, Lea Biasutti, Maria Barbara Pasanisi, Grazia Devigili, Bruno Bembi   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of malnutrition on prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation, 2023
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a life‐threatening disease that coexists with right heart failure. We evaluated the relationship between malnutrition and prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, as malnutrition is known as a ...
Mitsutaka Nakashima, Satoshi Akagi, Kentaro Ejiri, Kazufumi Nakamura, Hiroshi Ito   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional Status and Nutritional Treatment Are Related to Outcomes and Mortality in Older Adults with Hip Fracture

Nutrients, 2018
Malnutrition is very prevalent in geriatric patients with hip fracture. Nevertheless, its importance is not fully recognized. The objective of this paper is to review the impact of malnutrition and of nutritional treatment upon outcomes and mortality in ...
V. Malafarina, Jean-Yves Reginster, S. Cabrerizo, O. Bruyère, John A. Kanis, J. Martínez, M. Zulet   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated With the Metabolically Healthy Obese (MHO) Phenotype Compared to the Metabolically Unhealthy Obese (MUO) Phenotype in Children

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020
Background: In pediatric age the prevalence of obesity is high. Obese children who do not have other risk factors than excess weight have been defined as “metabolically healthy obese” (MHO).Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate, in a population of ...
Simonetta Genovesi, Simonetta Genovesi, Laura Antolini, Antonina Orlando, Luisa Gilardini, Simona Bertoli, Simona Bertoli, Marco Giussani, Cecilia Invitti, Elisa Nava, Maria Grazia Battaglino, Alessandro Leone, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Gianfranco Parati   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal characteristics and nutritional status among 6–59 months of children in Ethiopia: further analysis of demographic and health survey

BMC Pediatrics, 2019
BackgroundNutritional status of children influences their health status, which is a key determinant of human development. In Ethiopia, 28% of child mortality is caused by under nutrition.
Zufan Bitew Dessie, Melkitu Fentie, Z. Abebe, T. A. Ayele, Kindie Fentahun Muchie   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Daniel J. Indelicato, Jeanette Parkes, Natia Esiashvili, Josué Hernández Benítez, Miriam Mikhail‐Lette, Olivera Cirajc Bjelac, Daniel Berger, Eva Ciurana, Yavuz Anacak, Lisbeth Cordero‐Mendez   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of sanitation on infectious disease and nutritional status: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2017
BACKGROUND Sanitation aims to sequester human feces and prevent exposure to fecal pathogens. More than 2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to improved sanitation facilities and almost one billion practice open defecation.
M. Freeman, J. Garn, Gloria D. Sclar, Sophie Boisson, K. Medlicott, Kelly T. Alexander, Gauthami Penakalapati, Darcy M. Anderson, Amrita G. Mahtani, Jack E T Grimes, E. Rehfuess, T. Clasen   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo, Melissa Gerstle, Leah Cheng, Richard Cooper, Katherine Coyne, Claire Dusa, Naomi E. Joffe, Diana Schwarz, Sarah Steltz, Akiko Shimamura, Kasiani C. Myers, Thea Quinton   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source