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The Nutritional Phenotype in the Age of Metabolomics
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ABSTRACT
The concept of the nutritional phenotype is proposed as a defined and integrated set of genetic, proteomic, metabolomic, functional, and behavioral factors that, when measured, form the basis for assessment of human nutritional status. The nutritional phenotype integrates the effects of diet on disease/wellness and is the quantitative indication of the paths by which genes and environment exert their effects on health. Advances in technology and in fundamental biological knowl...
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Nutritional status of black elders: A review of the relevant literature
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences
; Abstract: This article summarizes the literature concerning the nutritional status of older Black Americans and draws the following conclusions: (a) Dietary studies show low nutrient intakes for elderly Blacks compared to Whites and to the Recommended Dietary Allowances. (b) Anthropometric,
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Nutritional Status of Canine and Feline Patients Admitted to a Referral Veterinary Internal Medicine Service1,2
The Journal of Nutrition
; EXPANDED ABSTRACT KEY WORDS: * malnutrition * nutritional assessment * body-condition score * dogs * cats In the 1970s the prevalence of malnutrition (undernutrition) in general human medical patients was estimated to be 30-50% (1). This rate has persisted in human hospitals; data from the 1990s
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Maternal nutritional status is inversely associated with lactational amenorrhea in sub-Saharan Africa: Results from demographic and health surveys II and III
The Journal of Nutrition
; Matemal Nutritional Status Is Inversely Associated with Lactational Amenorrhea in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from Demographic and Health Surveys II and III'-5 Yu-Kuei Peng, Virginia Hight-Laukaran,* Anne E. Petersont and Rafael Perez-Escamilla6 ABSTRACT Breast-feeding is positively associated with
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Nutritional status and linear growth of Indonesian infants in West Java are determined more by prenatal environment than by postnatal factors
The Journal of Nutrition
; Nutritional Status and Linear Growth of Indonesian Infants in West Java Are Determined More by Prenatal Environment than by Postnatal Factors' ABSTRACT One of the health problems in Indonesia is the high prevalence of stunting in infants. Determinants and specifically the relative contribution of
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Improvement of Nutritional Status as Assessed by Multifrequency BIA During 15 Weeks of Refeeding in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa1
The Journal of Nutrition
; ABSTRACT In patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), an assessment of changes in body composition and nutritional status is crucial for adequate nutritional management during refeeding therapies. Phase-sensitive multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is an inexpensive and noninvasive
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Distributions of Mortality Risk Attributable to Low Nutritional Status in Niakhar, Senegal1
The Journal of Nutrition
; Abstract This study proposes a method for computing the distributions of mortality risk attributable to malnutrition among children of developing countries. Population distributions of nutritional status were adjusted with a normal curve and the relation between mortality and nutritional status was
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Indicators of poor nutritional status in older Americans. (Nutrition Screening Initiative, part 2)
American Family Physician
; Poor nutritional status may be the result of at least three situations: 1. Too little of certain or many nutrients, without which an individual's health status will not be maintained. It is recognized that underlying illness, and even physiologic changes within normal limits, can contribute to, and
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Undernutrition & childhood morbidities among tribal preschool children
Indian Journal of Medical Research
; Background & objectives: Undernutrition and various morbidities go hand in hand, particularly in children. Nutritional status is a sensitive indicator of community health and nutrition. The present study is an attempt to assess the nutritional status of pre-school children of Gond tribal
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The Evolution of Human Phenotypic Plasticity: Age and Nutritional Status at Maturity
Human Biology
; Abstract Several evolutionary optimal models of human plasticity in age and nutritional status at reproductive maturation are proposed and their dynamics examined. These models differ from previously published models because fertility is not assumed to be a function of body size or nutritional
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Prospective evaluation of nutritional status and outcome after oesophagectomy for carcinoma
JPEN, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
; The original enthusiasm for neoadjuvant therapy for oesophageal carcinoma has recently been tempered by potentially serious resulting comorbidity associated with this form of treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the perioperative nutritional status and postoperative nutritional intake of
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