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Diet in Chronic Kidney Disease: an integrated approach to nutritional therapy

SUMMARY A healthy diet is an essential requirement to promote and preserve health, even in the presence of diseases, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD). In this review, nutritional therapy for CKD will be addressed considering not only the main nutrients such as protein, phosphorus, potassium, and sodi...

Correlation between nutritional assessment and oxidative stress in candidates for liver transplant

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the oxidative profile, nutritional status and food intake (caloric value; macronutrients; vitamins A, E and C; and zinc), and to correlate oxidative stress with nutritional status in patients who were candidates for liver transplant. Methods This is a cross-sectional, a...

Eating behavior, non-food substance consumption and negative urgency in women

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate aspects of eating behavior, presence of non-food substance consumption and negative urgency in women from an on-line support group for eating disorders. Methods Participants (n=147) completed questionnaires for binge eating assessment, Intuitive Eating, negative urgency...

Padrão alimentar, comorbidades e grau de obesidade de mulheres em seguimento ambulatorial multiprofissional

Objetivo: descrever o padrão alimentar de mulheres com excesso de peso e caracterizar o índice de massa corpórea e as comorbidades associadas. Método: estudo descritivo quantitativo realizado em ambulatório de referência em obesidade com 101 mulheres com excesso de peso. Os dados foram avaliados p...

Efficacy of a behavior change program on cardiovascular parameters in patients with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial

ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the efficacy of a behavior change program named Vida Ativa Melhorando a Saúde on cardiovascular parameters in hypertensive patients. Methods Ninety hypertensive patients aged over 40 years were randomly allocated to one of two groups: Vida Ativa Melhorando a Saúde ...

Estado nutricional e práticas alimentares de idosos do Piauí: dados do Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional – SISVAN Web

RECIIS (Online); 13 (4), 2019
A avaliação do estado nutricional dos idosos possibilita uma intervenção adequada, a fim de evitar ou minimizar agravos à saúde que comprometam a capacidade funcional dessas pessoas. Nessa perspectiva, o trabalho apresentado neste artigo teve como objetivo verificar o estado nutricional e hábitos ...

El gran reto de la política social en México sigue siendo incidir de manera integral en el conjunto de los determinantes sociales del bienestar para reducir urgentemente la magnitud de la enfermedad y la mortalidad evitable: de acuerdo con el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, anualmente ésta es de poco más de 700 000 personas, y de ellas alrededor de 250 000 pierden la vida por enfermedades asociadas con las condiciones y hábitos de consumo de la población. [Editorial]

Salud pública Méx; 61 (6), 2019

Vínculo madre/hija y su relación con insatisfacción corporal, modelos estéticos y conductas alimentarias

Resumen Se analizó la percepción de conductas y actitudes maternas en las hijas y sus niveles de satisfacción corporal, conducta alimentaria e influencia de modelos estéticos corporales. Se utilizó un enfoque cuantitativo, transversal, intencional, no probabilístico y de bola de nieve. Veintidós d...

Executive function performance in patients with obesity: a systematic review

Psychol. av. discip; 13 (2), 2019
Abstract Executive dysfunction is associated with the inability to control aberrant behaviors, such as chronic overeating (Moore, Sabino, Koob, & Cottone, 2017). Obese individuals often report great difficulties controlling eating behaviors, despite a desire to successfully lose weight (Dohle, Diel, ...

Are women with breast cancer more likely to follow dietary recommendations and have sufficient vitamin A intake compared to healthy c ontrols?

Rev. chil. nutr; 46 (6), 2019
To evaluate differences in dietary habits among women with breast cancer versus healthy controls. We conducted a case-control study with 160 women with and without cancer, pairing 1:1. Socio-demographic variables and food consumption were investigated through three food recalls, which was corrected for e...