Nutrition
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Case Reports
Lower calcium and iron intake in adolescent gymnasts: A case of concern for youth sports nutrition.
Diet is important for the appropriate development and maturation of young amateur athletes. The aim of this study was to determine whether young gymnasts were consuming adequate amounts of nutrients, particularly calcium and iron. ⋯ Despite having a sufficient macronutrient distribution, Portuguese gymnasts consume a high amount of ultra-processed items and a low amount of calcium and iron. The low proportion of female gymnasts with adequate iron consumption is cause for worry in sports nutrition.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of Brazilian adolescents in home cooking, estimating its associations with sex and socioeconomic status. ⋯ We verified an alarming prevalence of adolescents with behaviors unaligned with Brazilian Food Guide recommendations; that is, most of them, especially boys, were not involved in home cooking. Adolescence may present a window of opportunity for the development of culinary skills, resulting in long-term benefits for the population's diet quality. Furthermore, to change a historical pattern that overloads women's daily lives, it is necessary to encourage, from an early age, the presence of boys in the kitchen.
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This study aimed to examine the relationship between mindful eating and diet quality among adults in Turkey. ⋯ Developing mindful eating might be helpful for individual health promotion and quality of life by providing improvements in diet quality of adults.
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The progression of chronic liver disease is associated with metabolic alterations that compromise the patient's body composition and physical function. Muscle wasting often occurs with pathologic fat accumulation in the muscle (myosteatosis). Unfavorable changes in body composition frequently arise in conjunction with a decrease in muscle strength. These conditions are associated with worse prognoses. The aim of this study was to explore the associations between computed tomography (CT)-derived measures of muscle mass and muscle radiodensity (myosteatosis) and its correlation with muscle strength in patients with advanced chronic liver disease. ⋯ Low muscle mass and clinical characteristics of disease severity may adversely affect muscle strength in patients with liver cirrhosis.
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It is not clear yet if abnormal body mass index affects the outcome of stroke patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). We aimed to explore this issue through a retrospective cohort study and meta-analysis. ⋯ Our results suggested that abnormal body mass index had no prognostic significance for the functional outcome or mortality of stroke patients at 3 mo after IVT.