Nutritional Requirements
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Blood glutathione peroxidase-1 mRNA levels can be used as molecular biomarkers to determine dietary selenium requirements in rats.

30 Oct 2009 Transcript (mRNA) levels are increasingly being used in medicine as molecular biomarkers for disease and disease risk, including use of whole blood as a target tissue for analysis. Development of blood molecular biomarkers for nutritional status, ... Read more...

The impact of enteral feeding protocols on nutritional support in critically ill children.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that feeding protocols may assist in achieving optimal nutritional care in critically ill children. The present study aimed to assess the impact of enteral feeding protocols on nutritional support practices through a ... Read more...

Fibre content of enteral feeds for the older child.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: There is currently a lack of clinical data on fibre requirements in UK children. Subsequently, the ideal fibre profile for enteral formulae designed to meet the requirements of older children is unknown. The present study aimed to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nutritional Requirements'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Blood glutathione peroxidase-1 mRNA levels can be used as molecular biomarkers to determine dietary selenium requirements in rats. 30 Oct 2009
• The impact of enteral feeding protocols on nutritional support in critically ill children. 29 Sep 2009
• Fibre content of enteral feeds for the older child. 29 Sep 2009
• The nutritional intake supplied by enteral formulae used in older children (aged 7-12 years) on home tube feeds. 29 Sep 2009
• A review of nutrition in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 29 Sep 2009
• Collaborative working: piecing together the paediatric jigsaw. 29 Sep 2009
• Questions term used in study on raw meat-based diets. 29 Sep 2009
• Nutritionally relevant elements in staple foods: influence of arable site versus choice of variety. 29 Sep 2009
• White rice sold in Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan often lacks nutrient enrichment. 29 Sep 2009
• Markers for the validation of reported dietary intake in adults with cystic fibrosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Validating dietary intake with biochemical markers. 29 Sep 2009
• Improving nutrition for older Americans. 29 Sep 2009
• Where all the children are above average. 26 Sep 2009
• Mental health context of food insecurity: a representative cohort of families with young children. 26 Sep 2009
• Shall we put the world on folate? 17 Sep 2009
• [Nutritional aspects of glucose metabolism and bone metabolism: knowledge of vitamins and minerals for NST activities] 30 Aug 2009
• [A Germany school fruit program--needed urgently. Germany co-financing is uncertain] 30 Aug 2009
• [Vitamin B12 deficiency is prevalent and has serious sequelae] 30 Aug 2009
• Short bowel syndrome: the role of GLP-2 on improving outcome. 30 Aug 2009
• Distributing free fresh fruit and vegetables at school: results of a pilot outcome evaluation. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Nutritional Requirements'

Definition: The amounts of various substances in food needed by an organism to sustain healthy life.

Descriptor UI: D009751

Alternative terms: Nutritional Requirements; Nutritional Requirement; Requirement, Nutritional; Requirements, Nutritional; Nutrition Requirements; Nutrition Requirement; Requirement, Nutrition; Requirements, Nutrition; Dietary Requirements; Dietary Requirement; Requirement, Dietary; Requirements, Dietary;

Related Mesh Headings: Food;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology;

Tree Number: G07.610.620;

History Note: 84(68); was see under NUTRITION 1975-83, was Prov 1968-74

Technical Notes: not for nutritional requirements of microorganisms ( = microorganism /growth or /metab or /physiol)