Dietetics

Today college students are experiencing more stress than previous decades and an increased workload. (“A Student 's Guide to Balancing Stress,”). Students may feel pressure from their parents, classmates, and teachers. They even feel pressure among themselves because they are expected to do well in school, maintain their academic grades and meet deadlines. College is very stressful, in fact stress can be one of the main problems college students have. Stress is very harmful when it’s excessive,…

Participants Participants were prospectively recruited from the cohort of consecutive patients referred to the Combined Head and Neck Clinic (CHNC) at a large tertiary hospital in Brisbane between September 2013 and November 2014. For inclusion, all patients had to have at least one parotid gland affected by either primary, metastatic or recurrent disease, and were planned to receive either definitive XRT or surgery with postoperative XRT to a prescription dose of 60Gy or greater. Patients were…

Reinforcement of healthy food in school as a breakfast meal Healthy food is essential in every person's life to live a life free of disease and maintain his health throughout his life .Public health experts believe that health and beauty are based on proper nutrition rule, Healthy and balanced food helps prevent many diseases, not only obesity related diseases, it is important to maintain the integrity of bones and joints and prevention of diseases, and also helps to increase the…

milk for the first 6 months after birth. Breastfeeding should continue until the infant is at least 12 months old with the addition of complementary foods. Breastfeeding and support to help mothers achieve it are also recommended by the American Dietetic Association and the U.S. Surgeon General. “ A goal set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the year 2020 is for 81.9% of all infants to be breastfed at some time, for at least 60.5% to be breastfeeding at 6 months, and 34.1%…

People are often confused about the difference between non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) and nutritive sweeteners (NS). Since NNS is intensely sweet compared to NS, it contains zero calories because little is needed to make a product sweet. For example, saccharin is a NNS and is about 20,000-70,000 times sweeter than sucrose, white sugar. NS contain carbohydrates and calories, which provides energy, and are found in fruits, dairy, and vegetables. NNS do not have the same functions as NS. NS…

Psoriatic arthritis: There are several treatments which treat symptoms of both psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis. Generally, safest medication has been used firstly in psoriatic arthritis, using aggressive treatment only if the first treatment failed. Physician will suggest the drugs based on type of psoriatic arthritis, its severity and patient’s reaction to prescribed medication. Some drugs used to treat psoriatic arthritis are listed below: NSAIDS, corticosteroids, topical treatment, light…

The New Zealand (NZ) health system is being confronted with emerging patterns of health needs, which differ from those, they have responded to in the past. These differences can be attributed to changes in our demographics (an aging population), and people suffering form long-term and concurrent conditions due to societal impact on lifestyle and diet. A traditional health system model focusing on secondary care is no longer sustainable or appropriate, due to the increase in non-communicable…

grams of trans fat, as long as one serving contains less than .50 grams of trans fat. However, food companies should not be allowed to hide trans fats like these, as they are unhealthy for our bodies and health. As a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association Andrea Giancoli states it “Trans fats raise your bad cholesterol just like saturated fats, but they also increase inflammation and lower the good cholesterol that protects us against heart disease.”( MacMillan, 2009) The problem…

landscape information system, Pakistan; its cross link with Emergency aspects COURSE TITLE: NUTRITION IN EMERGENCY SUBMITTED TO: MAM SABAH YASIN SUBMITTED BY: MAHNOOR SHAHID ROLL NO: DND-FA14-011 SEMESTER: 8TH DEGREE: DOCTOR OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS Nutrition landscape Information system: Introduction The NLIS is one of the component or part of the Landscape Analysis; second component is the countries readiness to accelerate nutrition action and third is in-depth country assessments. NLIS…

“Poverty: A Powerful Factor” Each day there are numerous babies born with birth defects. Some defects are caused by uncontrollable genetic factors, but most form from preventable, environmental situations that pregnant women place themselves in. A large number of babies that develop birth defects are born to mothers of poverty. In reviewing the current numbers of infants born with birth defects and the effects poverty has on the maternal life of a woman, it can be determined that poverty is…