Nutrition Resource Center

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FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTS

  • Feature: What is BPA and How Harmful Is It to Kids?

    Primarily used in food and drink packaging, ingestion of bisphenol A has recently been linked to obesity, diabetes, and reproductive disorders.

  • New Product: QSYMIA

    Indication(s): As an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adults.

  • New Product: SUPRENZA

    Indication(s): Short-term adjunct in a regimen of weight reduction based on exercise, behavioral modification and caloric restriction in the management of exogenous obesity.

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News

Early Parenteral Nutrition Doesn't Reduce Day-60 Death

For critically ill patients with relative contraindications to early enteral nutrition, the provision of early parenteral nutrition is not associated with reductions in day-60 mortality.

Vitamin D May Be Beneficial in Crohn's Disease

For patients with stable Crohn's disease, vitamin D supplementation is associated with improvements in hand-grip strength, fatigue, and quality of life.

Vitamin C Deemed Ineffective as Therapy for Gout

Short-term therapy with vitamin C at modest doses did not have a clinically significant effect on lowering urate levels in patients with gout.

Health Effects of Further Lowering Sodium Unclear

Lowering sodium levels to moderate seems to result in improved health outcomes, but the evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and harms of further lowering levels.

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Featured courses from mycme

Case 3 A New Mother of Twins Who Wants to Breastfeed External web site

Breastfeeding and human milk are the gold standards for infant nutrition. Although giving birth to twins is itself associated with lower rates of exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge, providing recommended support to the mother of twins can help her to breastfeed exclusively.

1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM

Preventing Pediatric Obesity How Early Do You Intervene External web site

This program focuses on current feeding practices, timing of obesity intervention, family perceptions about weight, parent preferences for guidance, and strategies for improving obesity intervention and parent education.

0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM

Case 2 Sisters A 2MonthOld With Colic and an 18MonthOld With Diarrhea External web site

For infants with diarrhea or colic, the use of specific probiotics may be helpful. Clinicians and parents need to be aware of these specific strains of live “good bacteria” that confer a health benefit when consumed in adequate amounts.

1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
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