About one-third of mild-to-moderate Parkinson’s disease patients are at risk from malnutrition
Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) can experience difficulties with food preparation and ingestion, which could contribute to poor nutrition and place them at risk for malnourishment.
September 16, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, parkinson, parkinson's disease, poor-nutrition
New pediatric nutrition screening tool
Pediatric inpatients with poor nutrition are at greater risk for problems with their immune systems, physical and cognitive development, and clinical outcomes.
August 8, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cognitive-development, greater-risk, immune, immune-systems, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, poor-nutrition
Health of kidney disease patients: Diet and blood pressure
Three studies provide new information on diet and blood pressure in kidney disease patients: adding fruits and vegetables to the diet improves kidney disease patients’ health; poor nutrition plays a role in the link between poverty and kidney disease; and among kidney disease patients, Blacks are more likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure than Whites, the research finds.
November 1, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blacks, blood-pressure, diet, new-information, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, poor-nutrition, research, studies-provide, the-link, the-research, whites
Healthy Food Tips For Back-to-School Success
While parents prepare to send their children back to school, they need to remember that nutrition plays a huge role in academic success. Mary Pat Alfaro, M.S., R.D., clinical manager in the Division of Nutrition Therapy at Cincinnati Children’s, says multiple studies have shown that poor nutrition adversely effects school performance and overall achievement…
August 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: huge-role, nutrition, nutrition-plays, nutrition-therapy, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, poor-nutrition, says-multiple, therapy-at-cincinnati
Trauma In Childhood Could Contribute To Obesity In Adults
Scientific studies often attribute obesity to poor nutrition and lack of activity, but recent research has identified childhood traumatic stress as a potential risk factor for obesity in adulthood. The research, published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress, included 148 adult women. Eric A.
January 19, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: attribute-obesity, identified-childhood, included-148, journal, nutritional counseling, poor-nutrition, potential-risk, studies-often, traumatic, traumatic-stress
Trauma In Childhood Could Contribute To Obesity In Adults
Scientific studies often attribute obesity to poor nutrition and lack of activity, but recent research has identified childhood traumatic stress as a potential risk factor for obesity in adulthood. The research, published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress, included 148 adult women
January 19, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: identified-childhood, included-148, nutrition, on call diets, poor-nutrition, studies-often
Low Birth Weight May Cause Lifelong Problems Processing Medications
New research has found that a mother’s poor nutrition during pregnancy and nursing can cause problems for her offspring’s ability to process medications, even well into adulthood…
November 12, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, during-pregnancy, even-well, her-offspring, nutritional counseling, offspring, oncalldietitian.com, poor-nutrition, pregnancy / obstetrics, process-medications