Nutrition
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To examine meals provided by meal kit delivery services (MKDS) and to evaluate their nutritional composition. ⋯ Recipes from MKDS should be revised to improve their nutritional composition; specifically, reductions in salt and saturated fat content and an increase in dietary fiber are needed. Given the variation in the nutritional composition of meals, work is also needed to ascertain the main factors influencing selections made by consumers, and the relevance of guidance and information to support this.
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Low muscle mass (MM) is significant in cancer patients, and computed tomography (CT) is considered the reference standard for MM assessment. We investigated the consistency of CT and multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (mBIA) in detecting body composition at baseline and during anticancer treatment and the relationship between MM and malnutrition as well as complications in lung and cervical cancer patients. ⋯ mBIA- and CT-derived body composition was highly correlated, and agreement was reached on body composition changes during treatment.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the nutritional status of women with stage I to III breast cancer in the first and third cycles of outpatient chemotherapy and to identify factors associated with it. ⋯ This study highlights the complex interaction between nutritional status, neuropsychological symptoms, and sociodemographic characteristics in breast cancer patients during chemotherapy, and underscores the need for personalized interventions to improve oncological care.
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Observational Study
Poor diet quality is associated with biochemical parameters of protein nutritional status after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
To assess diet quality and its association with body and biochemical parameters in patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). ⋯ Poor diet quality was present before and six months after RYGB, and the study data suggest that poor diet quality is associated to a risk of loss of lean body mass and visceral protein six months after RYGB.