Nutrition
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption and the Children's Dietary Inflammatory Index (C-DII) with the normal-weight obesity (NWO) phenotype in school-aged children. ⋯ Higher UPF consumption and a diet consisting of high proinflammatory foods were associated with the NWO phenotype in children.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of the dietary inflammatory index (DII) with the nutritional status and metabolic control of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. ⋯ The inflammatory potential of the diet was associated with increased body mass index and aspects related to metabolic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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The effect of and optimal timing for initiating an oral nutritional supplement(ONS) in hospitalized older patients with the Omicron variant infection remain unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the associations between the ONS and clinical outcomes. ⋯ Early ONS might have significantly lowered risk for in-hospital death, as well as reduce hospital length of stay and days of viral clearance in older patients with COVID-19 during the Omicron wave.
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We present the case of a 35-y-old woman with short bowel syndrome secondary to extensive intestinal resection with associated chronic kidney disease who was undergoing hemodialysis. This patient required permanent supplementation with intradialytic parenteral nutrition because of a high-output end-jejunostomy. The patient was a candidate for treatment with teduglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 2 analog, intending to increase intestinal absorption. ⋯ However, we have been unable to reduce intradialytic parenteral nutrition, which the patient requires thrice weekly. No significant secondary effects have occurred because of teduglutide administration. This may be the first reported use of teduglutide in a patient with short bowel syndrome undergoing hemodialysis who was monitored using bioelectrical impedance data during follow-up.
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One of the leading causes of obesity is the consumption of excess nutrients. Obesity is characterized by adipose tissue expansion, chronic low-grade inflammation, and metabolic alterations. Although consumption of a high-fat diet has been demonstrated to be a diet-induced obesity model associated with gut disorders, the same effect is not well explored in a mild-obesity model induced by high-refined carbohydrate (HC) diet intake. The intestinal tract barrier comprises mucus, epithelial cells, tight junctions, immune cells, and gut microbiota. This system is susceptible to dysfunction by excess dietary components that could increase intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether an HC diet and the alterations resulting from its intake are linked to small intestine changes. ⋯ Metabolic alterations caused by consumption of an HC diet lead to a mild obesity state that does not necessarily involve significant changes in intestinal integrity.