Nutrition (all articles)
Systematic review: evaluation of dietary patterns and all-cause mortality.
6 Sep, 2021 | 10:43h | UTCEvaluation of Dietary Patterns and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review – JAMA Network Open
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Great to see work focused on diet patterns (rather than single nutrient/foods)
Nutrient-dense diet patterns, regardless of pattern label/name (Med Diet, DASH, HEI, "plant-based"), were associated with significantly lower risk of death
Commonalities??https://t.co/yQxo4lNJNQ
— Stephan van Vliet (@vanvlietphd) September 1, 2021
Pro-Con Debate: 1- vs 2-Hour Fast for Clear Liquids Before Anesthesia in Children.
3 Sep, 2021 | 09:55h | UTC
Study shows young children gained weight during the pandemic.
31 Aug, 2021 | 08:59h | UTCNews release: Young children gained weight during the pandemic – Kaiser Permanente
Original study: Changes in Body Mass Index Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA
Commentary on Twitter
#KPResearch showed significant weight gain occurred during COVID-19 pandemic among youth in Southern California, especially among youngest kids.
Research: @KPSCalResearch & @UMchear
In @JAMANetwork
Authors incl @CKoebnickPhD @RohmDeborah @MargoSidell https://t.co/IqiUxo75bW pic.twitter.com/8XA7G6J3Bu— Kaiser Permanente Research (@KPSCalResearch) August 27, 2021
#ESCCongress – Cluster RCT: Among patients at increased risk for stroke, salt substitution (75% sodium chloride and 25% potassium chloride by mass) reduced the rates of stroke, major cardiovascular events, and death from any cause.
29 Aug, 2021 | 19:21h | UTCEffect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
News release: Low-sodium salt prevents stroke – European Society of Cardiology
Commentary: Massive SSaSS Study Shows Switch to Salt Substitute Cuts Stroke, CVD – TCTMD
Commentary on Twitter
SSaSS: In RCT that compared salt substitute w/ regular salt, rates of stroke, major CV events, death lower with salt sub. #ESCCongress https://t.co/Yt6vMrYSDh pic.twitter.com/jtymS36zqs
— NEJM (@NEJM) August 29, 2021
Review: How to approach a patient with difficult-to-treat IBS.
27 Aug, 2021 | 09:00h | UTCHow to Approach a Patient with Difficult-to-Treat IBS – Gastroenterology (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
Happy to share ? on “How to Approach a Patient with Difficult to Treat IBS” in @AGA_Gastro.
Diagnostic algorithm, practical tips, meds & doses. Based on scientific data & what I've learned caring for #IBS pts for many years.
Free for next 50 days ? https://t.co/pHKvJuhZtg
— Lin Chang (@LinChangMD) August 25, 2021
Observational study suggests there is no need to provide a germ-free diet (neutropenic diet) for neutropenic high-risk patients with cancer.
26 Aug, 2021 | 08:45h | UTC
Related commentary on Twitter
?? Dietary restriction meaningless in high-risk patients with cancer. Stop the tradition and restore patient autonomy & #QoL @jvehreschildgm1 @EricTopol @HallekMichael @mjvehreschild
Free download here https://t.co/n7NlE6RcQ7— Oliver Cornely (@CornelyOliver) August 14, 2021
M-A of randomized trials: The effect of higher versus lower protein delivery in critically ill patients – “In critically ill patients, a higher daily protein delivery was not associated with any improvement in clinical or patient-centered outcomes”.
20 Aug, 2021 | 08:57h | UTC
RCT: Mediterranean diet reduces atherosclerosis progression.
19 Aug, 2021 | 08:48h | UTCMediterranean Diet Reduces Atherosclerosis Progression – American College of Cardiology
Brazil and Peru join growing number of countries in the Americas that are eliminating industrially produced trans fats.
19 Aug, 2021 | 08:41h | UTCRelated:
WHO: More than 3 billion people protected from harmful trans-fat in their food
Action Package: WHO Plan to Eliminate Trans-fatty Acids from Global Food Supply
WHO Draft Guideline: Saturated Fatty Acid and Trans-fatty Intake for Adults and Children
WHO Draft Guideline: Saturated Fatty Acid and Trans-fatty Intake for Adults and Children
Trans-fat – The Worst Fat in the Food Supply
Banning trans fats in New York prevented thousands of heart attacks
[Abstract Only] Cohort Study: Eating Trans-fat May Increase the Risk of Dementia
Commentary on Twitter
Trans fat intake is responsible for approximately 500,000 premature deaths from coronary heart disease each year around the world. I welcome #Brazil's ?? and #Peru's ?? commitments to eliminate industrially-produced trans fats. Let's #BeatNCDs!https://t.co/oAsx6Byn14
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) August 18, 2021
Type 2 diabetes: more than one type of diet can help people achieve remission.
18 Aug, 2021 | 08:32h | UTCType 2 diabetes: more than one type of diet can help people achieve remission – The Conversation
Original article: Dietary strategies for remission of type 2 diabetes: A narrative review – Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Systematic review: Enteral tube feeding for people with severe dementia – “We found no evidence that tube feeding improves survival; improves quality of life; reduces pain; reduces mortality; decreases behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia”.
16 Aug, 2021 | 00:54h | UTCEnteral tube feeding for people with severe dementia – Cochrane Library
Summary: Enteral tube feeding for people with severe dementia – Cochrane Library
Related: Viewpoint: Tube Feeding and Deteriorating Patients (resources on the subject)
Commentary on Twitter
??So happy our @CochraneUK review on enteral tube feeding in #dementia is now published – no evidence tube feeding improves #survival; improves quality of life; reduces #pain; reduces #mortality. But was evidence of increase risk of pressure ulcers https://t.co/uUHJEboNCd
— Nathan Davies (@NathanDavies50) August 13, 2021
Study: Metabolism peaks much earlier and starts to decline later than you might think.
16 Aug, 2021 | 00:44h | UTCMetabolism peaks much earlier and starts to decline later than you might think – News Medical
Original study: Daily energy expenditure through the human life course – Science (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Excellent paper by @HermanPontzer et al showing that TDEE does not change during adulthood (20-60y).
Middle age spread is likely not caused by a slowing of the metabolism (& decrease in energy expenditure) but rather by changes in energy intake.
https://t.co/327DCKjOru— Christoph Höchsmann (@CHoechsmann) August 14, 2021
Changes in food purchases after the Chilean policies on food labelling, marketing, and sales in schools: a before and after study.
16 Aug, 2021 | 00:39h | UTCCommentary: Sugary drink consumption plunges in Chile after new food law – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Related:
UK National Food Strategy: Tax sugar and salt and prescribe veg, report says.
Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization
The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics (free series and commentaries)
To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times (policies, articles and commentaries)
Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies (study and commentaries)
Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases (study and commentary)
U.S. Study: Ultraprocessed Foods Now Comprise 2/3 of Calories in Children and Teen Diets.
16 Aug, 2021 | 00:41h | UTCTrends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018 – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Intake of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths: Health Concerns and Opportunities for Research and Policy (free for a limited period)
News release: Ultraprocessed Foods Now Comprise 2/3 of Calories in Children and Teen Diets – Tufts University
Commentaries:
If You Think Kids Are Eating Mostly Junk Food, A New Study Finds You’re Right – NPR
Related:
Cohort Study: Association Between Consumption of Ultra-processed Foods and All Cause Mortality
Research: Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Cancer Risk
Randomized Trial: Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain
Ultra-Processed Foods and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the Framingham Offspring Study
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Breaking, our new research in @JAMA_current:
Ultraprocessed foods the majority of calories for US children – and going up: now 2/3 of kcal!From 1999 to 2018, the % of calories from ultraprocessed foods eaten by US children increased, from 61% to 67%.https://t.co/Y4DjAqrIug
— Dariush Mozaffarian (@Dmozaffarian) August 10, 2021
ESMO Guideline: Cancer cachexia in adult patients.
12 Aug, 2021 | 08:53h | UTC
Plant-based diets protective against CVD in two cohort studies.
10 Aug, 2021 | 08:48h | UTCPlant-Based Diets Protective Against CVD in Two Studies – TCTMD
Original study 2: Plant‐Centered Diet and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease During Young to Middle Adulthood – Journal of the American Heart Association
M-A: Effect of low glycemic index or load dietary patterns on glycemic control and cardiometabolic risk factors in diabetes.
8 Aug, 2021 | 23:42h | UTCCommentary: Low glycaemic diet shows meaningful improvements for people with diabetes – The British Medical Journal
Commentary on Twitter
New #BMJResearch finds that low glycaemic index/glycaemic load dietary patterns provide small important benefits for glycaemic control and other established cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with moderately controlled type 1 and type 2 diabeteshttps://t.co/EIMXUhICee
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) August 7, 2021
ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical nutrition in surgery – “Preoperative fasting from midnight is unnecessary in most patients. Patients undergoing surgery, who are considered to have no specific risk of aspiration, shall drink clear fluids until 2 h before anesthesia. Solids shall be allowed until 6 h before anesthesia.”
6 Aug, 2021 | 09:59h | UTCESPEN practical guideline: Clinical nutrition in surgery – Clinical Nutrition
Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks – “Given often-temporary improvements, unfavorable effects on dietary intake, and inadequate data demonstrating long-term safety, for most individuals, the risks of ketogenic diets may outweigh the benefits.”
4 Aug, 2021 | 08:53h | UTC
Research provides vital insights about excess coffee consumption and brain health.
27 Jul, 2021 | 03:28h | UTCOriginal study: High coffee consumption, brain volume and risk of dementia and stroke – Nutritional Neuroscience (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Dietary carbohydrates and fats in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
26 Jul, 2021 | 02:22h | UTCDietary carbohydrates and fats in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease – Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
A Review published in @NatRevGastroHep discusses the role of dietary fats and carbohydrates in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. https://t.co/QSYLruuXGt pic.twitter.com/3FoQjZoNOO
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) July 22, 2021
Cohort study: Higher intake of ultra-processed food linked to increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease.
26 Jul, 2021 | 02:13h | UTCCommentaries:
Ultra-processed food linked to higher risk of IBD – BMJ
International study links ultra-processed foods with IBD risk – Medical News Today
M-A of cohort studies: Meat consumption and risk of ischemic heart disease.
26 Jul, 2021 | 02:09h | UTCCommentary: Red and processed meat linked to increased risk of heart disease, Oxford study shows – Oxford University
RCT: Immediate oral refeeding in patients with mild and moderate acute pancreatitis.
22 Jul, 2021 | 10:32h | UTCImmediate Oral Refeeding in Patients With Mild and Moderate Acute Pancreatitis: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial (PADI trial) – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guideline on the management of IgE-mediated food allergies.
22 Jul, 2021 | 10:34h | UTCUpdate of the S2k guideline on the management of IgE-mediated food allergies – Allergologie Select