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Nutritional status, eating habits, and nutrition attitudes of older adults relocating into a personal care homeSitter, Melissa 13 April 2009 (has links)
Relocation to a personal care home is a stressful experience and may occur at a traumatic moment in life. The effects of relocation to a PCH on nutritional status are unknown, yet under-nutrition is common among PCH residents. Objectives: To explore the effect of relocating to a PCH on the nutritional status, eating habits, and nutrition attitudes of adults aged 60 years and older. Methods: Fourteen Caucasian older adults (F = 57%) with a mean age of 83 years (SD = 9.79) consented to participate. Sixty-four percent of participants experienced inter-institutional relocation. Anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary information was collected at Time Points A (2-3 months following relocation) and B (6-7 months following relocation) through face-to-face interviews, medical chart reviews and communications with nursing staff. Results: At Time B, cognitive function declined (z = -2.185, p < .05) and the number of medications prescribed increased (z = -2.00, p < .05). Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were insufficient among 83% of participants at both time points. Mean serum albumin was 34.4 ± 7.2 g/L at Time B and the prevalence of nutritional risk increased from 57% to 77%. Dietary intake was inadequate according to Canada’s Food Guide recommendations. Nutrition attitudes did not change. Implications & Conclusions: Six months following relocation, nutritional risk was more prevalent, with early evidence of possible protein-energy malnutrition. Nutritional inadequacies may result if dietary intakes do not improve. A collaborative approach is needed to assess environmental, psychosocial and nutritional factors that contribute to poor dietary intake and will assist in the development of an intervention program.
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Factors influencing the nutritive value of barley straw for ruminantsCapper, Brian Stephen January 1990 (has links)
No description available.
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Measures of malnutrition in EnglandGreenwood, Dona January 1998 (has links)
No description available.
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Vitamin B-6 status of persons with diabetes mellitusSmith, Daniel E. 18 February 1991 (has links)
The status of vitamin B-6 (B6) nutriture of nine
persons (4F;5M) with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
(IDDM), nine persons (5F;4M) with non-insulin dependent
diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), and 18 control individuals
(9F;9M) was evaluated, using biochemical and dietary
indicators of B6 status. The biochemical indices employed
were plasma concentration of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP),
urinary 4-pyridoxic acid (4PA) excretion, and urinary
kynurenic acid (KA) and xanthurenic, acid (XA) excretion
following a tryptophan load test (2 g L-tryptophan oral
load). Dietary B6 intake and the ratio of B6 (mg) to
dietary protein (g) (B6:protein) were determined.
Fasting blood, two consecutive 24 h urine collections
and three consecutive daily weighed diet records were
obtained on each of two occasions, separated by 30-70 d.
Diet records were analyzed for vitamin B-6 and protein
intake using nutrient data bases. Samples of 70 foods, for
which the data bases lacked B6 values, were obtained and
analyzed for total B6 content by a microbiological method.
The plasma concentration of PLP was determined by an
enzymatic method, and plasma alkaline phosphatase activity
by a colorimetric method. Urinary 4PA was separated by
HPLC, urinary KA and XA by ion exchange, and each
metabolite was determined fluorometrically.
The mean daily vitamin B-6 intake of each group
exceeded the recommended dietary allowance (RDA). The mean
B6:protein ratios ± standard deviations (SD) for the groups
of females were 0.0200±0.0027, 0.0304±0.0101, and
0.0254±0.0099 for IDDM, NIDDM and control (C),
respectively. The respective B6:protein ratios for the
males were 0.0280±0.0040, 0.0242±0.0038 and 0.0241±0.0078.
The mean±SD plasma PLP concentrations for females were
22.4±6.8, 21.8±9.6 and 37.4126.8 nmol/L for IDDM, NIDDM and
C, respectively. The mean plasma PLP concentrations of the
two groups of females with diabetes were at the low end of
a range (22.4-25.3 nmol/L) suggested to indicate marginal
status, and 56% of the females with diabetes had PLP
concentrations below the lower boundary of the marginal
range. For the three groups of males the PLP
concentrations were in the same rank order as dietary B6
intake; 53.9±18.2, 43.6±7.2 and 37.5±17.7 nmol/L for IDDM,
NIDDM and C, respectively. Plasma PLP concentration was
strongly and significantly correlated with B6 intake in
both diabetes (n=18, r=.744, p<.001) and C (n=18, r=.695,
p<.001) groups, but was also negatively associated with
plasma AP activity only for the diabetes group (n=18, r=-
.454, a=.058). The mean plasma AP activity of females with
NIDDM was significantly higher than that of the female C
group (p<.01). Greater than normal AP hydrolysis of PLP is
thought to have contributed to the low plasma PLP
concentrations observed in the females with NIDDM.
Levels of urinary 4PA excretion by females were
8.76±2.10, 7.61±12.57 and 8.15±14.43 μmol/d for IDDM, NIDDM
and C, respectively, or 87, 63 and 72% of B6 intake. For
males the urinary 4PA levels were 12.76±14.53, 10.32±11.77
and 9.81+3.34 μmol/d, respectively, or 76, 68 and 78% of B6
intake. All subjects excreted 4-PA in amounts indicative
of adequate B6 status.
All means for tryptophan metabolites were within
ranges seen for normal subjects, both pre and post-tryptophan load. None of the subjects with diabetes and
only one female C subject excreted more than 65 μmol XA in
24 h after the tryptophan load (upper boundary of normal
response to 2 g tryptophan load). Mean post-load excretion
of XA and KA of diabetes groups was numerically lower than
that of same sex controls in all comparisons, although in
only one instance was the difference significant (NIDDM
females post-load KA, p<.05). The results of the
tryptophan load test suggest adequate B6 function in the
kynurenine pathway those with diabetes and controls.
Individuals with diabetes were found to consume
adequate or above amounts of B6 by the standard of the RDA.
Low plasma PLP levels were observed in females with IDDM
who had the lowest B6 intake, and in females with NIDDM who
had the highest plasma AP activity. The present research
indicates that low PLP may be present in diabetes, as
observed by other investigators, despite seemingly adequate
B6 nutriture. However, normal to above normal amounts of
urinary 4-PA excretion indicated adequate body stores of
B6, and normal response to the tryptophan load test
suggested adequate function of B6 in the liver of persons
with diabetes. Plasma PLP concentration alone may not be
an adequate B6 status indicator in persons with diabetes.
Based upon the levels of multiple indicators, the vitamin
B-6 status of those persons with diabetes studied was
judged to be adequate. / Graduation date: 1991
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Weight loss in obese subjects with and without type 2 diabetes treated with the long term appetite suppressant Axokine®Russell, Tammy L. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Rutgers University, 2007. / "Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-45).
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Improved nutritional support in cancer patients /Persson, Christina. January 2002 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Univ., 2002. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.
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Intestinal monoacylglycerol metabolism regulation and function.Chon, Su-Hyoun. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-130).
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The effects of change from a poor to a good diet measured by growth, calcium storage, and hemoglobin levelsBosley, Bertlyn, January 1944 (has links)
Thesis--Columbia University.
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Evaluating Attitudes of Obesity and their Change Processes among Student Teachers and School Teachers on the World Wide Web Using the Elaboration Likelihood ModelHague, Anne L. January 2003 (has links) (PDF)
No description available.
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The Association between Diet Quality and Inflammatory Biomarkers among College-aged WomenLin, Luotao 02 July 2019 (has links)
Inflammation status has been associated with chronic diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Previous studies suggested that healthful dietary patterns and dietary scores may have been associated with reduced concentrations of inflammatory biomarkers. However, studies have been usually conducted among middle- aged and older adults by examining commonly used biomarkers such as C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Interleukin 6 (IL-6). For the current study, diet quality was measured by applying food frequency data to create the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Adherence Index (DGAI-2010). Concentrations of inflammatory biomarkers were obtained from fasting blood samples collected at the late-luteal phase of paticipants’ menstrual cycle. We used linear regression to analyze the association between each natural log-transformed inflammatory biomarker concentration and the continuous DGAI-2010 Score among 142 young, healthy women (aged 18-30 years) from the UMass Vitamin D Status Study. We found that as diet quality increased, concentrations of IL-7, IL-12p70, IL-13 and IFN- were significantly lower after adjustment for BMI, age, physical activity, smoking, race/ethnicity, multivitamin use, oral contraceptive use, and total energy intake per day. Following a diet that adheres to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans as a measure of dietary quality is associated with lower inflammation in healthy, normal weight and overweight young women.
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