Malnutrition - Prevention & control
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Allergen avoidance approaches in food allergy management.

17 Aug 2009 Dietary elimination of causative food ingredients, usually food proteins, is the basis of treating food hypersensitivity. Proper diagnostic assessment is essential to avoid burdening children with unnecessary dietary restrictions with potential ... Read more...

[Nutrition and oncogeriatry]

16 Aug 2009 In oncogeriatric patients, severe malnutrition is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, nosocomial infections, radiotherapy or chemotherapy toxicities, and decreased of quality of life. Therefore, systematic screening and care of ... Read more...

An assessment of the effectiveness of growth monitoring and promotion practices in the Lusaka district of Zambia.

3 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the effectiveness of the growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) program in Zambia. METHODS: A 3-mo prospective study of growth outcomes was undertaken at randomly selected health facilities and community posts within the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Malnutrition - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Afghanistan's hidden health issue. 29 Oct 2009
• The undernutrition epidemic: an urgent health priority. 29 Oct 2009
• [Protein rich ready-to-use food to undernourished children] 20 Oct 2009
• [Nutritional therapy in elderly care--a forgotten perspective. A questionnaire study shows clear shortages in the care of the elderly] 30 Aug 2009
• A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: nutrition support therapy during adult anticancer treatment and in hematopoietic cell transplantation. 30 Aug 2009
• Allergen avoidance approaches in food allergy management. 17 Aug 2009
• [Nutrition and oncogeriatry] 16 Aug 2009
• An assessment of the effectiveness of growth monitoring and promotion practices in the Lusaka district of Zambia. 3 Aug 2009
• Does dietary counselling help outpatients with COPD at risk of malnutrition? 30 Jul 2009
• Satiety and the anorexia of ageing. 30 Jul 2009
• Intradialytic parenteral nutrition and intraperitoneal nutrition. 30 Jul 2009
• Accuracy of different reduced versions of a validated food-frequency questionnaire in italian men and women. 12 Jul 2009
• Prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation impact on biochemical indicators during pregnancy and postpartum. 29 Jun 2009
• Weight loss and malnutrition in the elderly--the shared role of GPs and APDs. 29 Jun 2009
• The role of pretreatment percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in facilitating therapy of head and neck cancer and optimizing the body mass index of the obese patient. 29 Jun 2009
• Seasonal hunger: a neglected problem with proven solutions. 28 Jun 2009
• Patient safety. Eat, drink and be healthy: malnutrition on the wards. 2 Jun 2009
• Decreasing trends in malnutrition prevalence rates explained by regular audits and feedback. Jun 2009
• Management of intestinal failure in the pediatric critical care setting. 30 May 2009
• [Nutrition and chronic respiratory diseases] 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Malnutrition'

Definition: An imbalanced nutritional status resulted from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.

Descriptor UI: D044342

Alternative terms: Malnutrition; Undernutrition; Nutritional Deficiency; Nutritional Deficiencies;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C18.654.521;

History Note: 2004; use NUTRITION DISORDERS 1975-2003