Nutrition
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This study aimed to test whether athlete-specific, bioelectrical, impedance-based equations to estimate fat-free mass (FFM) could be more accurate than generalized equations when testing resistance-trained exercisers. ⋯ When assessing body composition in resistance-trained exercisers, specific equations for athletes should be preferred to generalized ones to avoid an overestimation in FFM. Furthermore, athlete-specific and generalized formulas cannot be used interchangeably, even when assessing body composition in the general population.
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With increasing life expectancy of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), gastrointestinal manifestations of the disease have been increasingly brought into focus. This was a systematic review of the PubMed database and ongoing phase III clinical trials that aimed to summarize recent (published after June 1 2016) studies reporting the effects of nutritional interventions on anthropometric measures (weight, height, and body mass index) in patients with CF. ⋯ Key results supported the benefits of comprehensive, individualized nutritional plans, high-fat, high-calorie diet including high-quality carbohydrates, and enteric tube feeding (albeit the latter was derived from observational studies only). In contrast, the supplementation of probiotics, lipids, docosahexaenoic, glutathione, or antioxidant-enriched multivitamin appeared to have little effect on anthropometric measures.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Relationship between nutritional treatment compliance and nutritional status improvements in patients with gastrointestinal impairment taking an oral peptide-based supplement.
Compliance in outpatients with gastrointestinal (GI) malabsorption is key in nutritional treatment. The objective of this study was to assess compliance in patients with GI impairment and malnutrition taking a high-calorie, high-protein, peptide-based oral nutritional supplement (ONS-PBD). ⋯ These data show that ONS-PBD compliance in malnourished patients with GI symptoms is high, reducing GI symptoms and improving patients' nutritional status.
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Time-restricted feeding (TRF), a feasible form of intermittent fasting, has been proven to benefit metabolic health in animal models and humans. TRF restricts the daily feeding window to 3 to 12 h for eating ad libitum, with fasting for the rest of the day. To our knowledge, specific guidance on the appropriate time period for eating during TRF has not yet been promoted. ⋯ Differences between the consequences of early and delayed TRF were found, including differences in changes in blood lipid factors. These preliminary findings may help to provide guidance for choosing suitable eating windows during TRF. Future studies with rigorous designs and direct comparisons between the effects of TRF regimens with different eating windows on metabolic health markers are still needed.
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Childhood underweight is a critical public health problem that needs urgent attention in developing countries like Ethiopia. Despite its variation between localities, the determinant factors and its geospatial variation have not been adequately addressed across the various regions of the country. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the spatial variation and determinant factors of underweight among children under 5 y of age in Ethiopia. ⋯ Underweight has significant spatial variation in Ethiopia, with spatial clustering in the northern and eastern parts of the country. It is recommended that in regions like Tigray, Afar, and Somali, as well as some areas in Gambella, priority steps be taken to reduce the burden of underweight in children aged <5 y. Thus, nutritional intervention programs should be strengthened and intervention strategies developed, with special emphasis on families with poor wealth index in the hotspot areas.