European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Complications in Children With Neurological Impairment

Mehta, NM; Mehta, NM; Irving, SY; Coss-Bu, JA; Vermilyea, S; Farrington, EA; McKeever, L; Hall, AM; Goday, PS; Braunschweig, C.

Pediatr. crit. care med; 18 (7), 2017

OBJECTIVES: Feeding difficulties are frequent in children with neurological impairments and can be associated with undernutrition, growth failure, micronutrients deficiencies, osteopenia, and nutritional comorbidities. Gastrointestinal problems including gastroesophageal reflux disease, constipation, and...

Body Composition, Body Weights and Measures, Diet Therapy/methods, Enteral Nutrition/methods, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Myofunctional Therapy, Nervous System Diseases/complications, Nutrition Assessment, Nutrition Disorders, Nutrition Disorders/therapy, Nutrition Policy, Nutritional Requirements, Prognosis, Gastrointestinal Diseases/ethnology, Gastrointestinal Diseases/diagnosis, Gastrointestinal Diseases/therapy, Nervous System Diseases/therapy

Fulltext

ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients

Arends, J; Bachmann, P; Baracos, V; Barthelemy, N; Bertz, H; Bozzetti, F; Fearon, K; Hütterer, E; Isenring, E; Kaasa, S; Krznaric, Z; Laird, B; Larsson, M; Laviano, A; Mühlebach, S; Muscaritoli, M; Oldervoll, L; Ravasco, P; Solheim, T; Strasser, F; de, van, der, Schueren, M; Preiser, JC.

Clin Nutr; 36 (1), 2017

Cancers are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the number of new cases is expected to rise significantly over the next decades. At the same time, all types of cancer treatment, such as surgery, radiation therapy, and pharmacological therapies are improving in sophisticatio...

Diet, Exercise, Neoplasms, Nutrition Assessment, Nutrition Policy, Nutritional Requirements, Nutritional Status, Neoplasms/therapy

Fulltext

Guideline: optimal serum and red blood cell folate concentrations in women of reproductive age for prevention of neural tube defects

World Health Organization.

This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on blood folate concentrations in women of reproductive age for the prevention of neural tube defects in populations. It aims to help Member States and their partners in their efforts to make informed decisions on the appropriate nutrition...

Neural Tube Defects/prevention & control, Nutritional Requirements, Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Hematinics/administration & dosage, Biomarkers/blood, Folic Acid/administration & dosage, Folic Acid/blood

Fulltext (primary link)     Fulltext (alternative link)    

Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children

World Health Organization.

This guideline provides updated global, evidence-informed recommendations on the intake of free sugars to reduce the risk of NCDs in adults and children, with a particular focus on the prevention and control of unhealthy weight gain and dental caries. The recommendations in this guideline can be used by ...

Nutritional Requirements, Feeding Behavior, Energy Intake, Dietary Sucrose, Dental Caries/prevention & control, Obesity/prevention & control, Chronic Disease

Fulltext (primary link)     Fulltext (alternative link)     Fulltext (alternative link)    

Guideline: fortification of food-grade salt with iodine for the prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders

World Health Organization.

The proposed guideline aims to help Member States and their partners in their efforts to make informed decisions on the appropriate nutrition actions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular, reduction of child mortality (MDG 4) and improvement of maternal health (MDG 5). It will...

Iodine/deficiency, Sodium Chloride, Dietary, Deficiency Diseases/prevention & control, Food, Fortified, Iodine/administration & dosage, Nutritional Requirements

Fulltext (primary link)     Fulltext (alternative link)    

Guideline: nutritional care and support for patients with tuberculosis

World Health Organization.

This guideline provides guidance on the principles and evidence-informed recommendations on the nutritional care and support for patients with tuberculosis. Undernutrition increases the risk of tuberculosis and in turn tuberculosis can lead to malnutrition. Undernutrition is therefore highly prevalent am...

Tuberculosis/diet therapy, Nutrition Therapy, Nutritional Requirements, Dietary Supplements, Nutrients/administration & dosage, Tuberculosis/complications, Malnutrition/diet therapy, Malnutrition/etiology, Severity of Illness Index

Fulltext (primary link)     Fulltext (alternative link)    

Guidelines on optimal feeding of low birth-weight infants in low- and middle-income countries

World Health Organization.

Low birth weight (LBW) has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as weight at birth less than 2500 g. The global prevalence of LBW is 15.5%, which means that about 20.6 million such infants are born each year, 96.5% of them in developing countries. There is significant variation in LBW rate...

Infant Nutrition, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Nutritional Requirements, Feeding Methods, Developing Countries, Breast Feeding

Fulltext