Multidisciplinary Inpatient Rehabilitation as an Intervention for Healthy Lifestyle Modifications and Weight Reduction in an Obese Adolescent: A Case Report

PM&R ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. S193-S193
Author(s):  
Alexandra V. Nielsen ◽  
Michelle A. Miller ◽  
Carl D. Gelfius
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Weight Reduction ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Inpatient Rehabilitation ◽  
Lifestyle Modifications ◽  
Obese Adolescent

Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) among the newly diagnosed Prediabetes screened in selected districts of South India

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 4836-4846
Author(s):  
Mohsina Hyder K ◽  
Raja D ◽  
Jithin Mohan ◽  
Ponnusankar S
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Lifestyle Modifications ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Currently, 314 million people in the world are Prediabetes, and it is predicted that around 500 million would be burdened by the year 2025. Continuing education of diabetes and its complications is crucial, but it should be accompanied with regular assessment of Knowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP) among the high-risk population. That would play a cost-effective role in prevention and control of the disease.This study was carried out to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among the newly diagnosed Prediabetes screened over selected districts of South India.This study was conducted through prediabetes screening camps over districts of Calicut, Wayanad and Malappuram in Kerala and The Nilgiris district in Tamilnadu from September 2017 to October 2019. A questionnaire survey was done as a part of a prospective open-label interventional study with 308 prediabetes individuals. Baseline characteristics of the participants were obtained, and their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Prediabetes were assessed. The finding of the present study revealed 90% of the respondents had poor knowledge, 9% had average knowledge, and only 1% had good knowledge of Prediabetes. In the attitude assessment, only 1.9% had a strongly positive attitude, 14% had a positive attitude, 54% had neutral attitude while 17% had a negative attitude and 13% had a strongly negative attitude. Regarding healthy lifestyle practices, 35.4% had a deplorable practice that scored below 6. Around half of the population, 52.3% had poor practice, 12% had proper training, while only 0.3% had a perfect practice.Knowledge and practice regarding lifestyle modifications among prediabetes participants were found to be reduced. 

Vitamin D Toxicity After Dieting in Hypoparathyroidism

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 794-797
Author(s):  
Matthew H. Connors ◽  
Bagher M. Sheikholislam ◽  
Julian J. Irias
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Weight Reduction ◽  
Resistance To Therapy ◽  
Intracranial Calcifications ◽  
Vitamin D Toxicity

Attempts at management of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism with vitamin D have led to various reports of resistance to therapy,1 different responses to vitamin D preparations,2 and unexplained toxicity.3 We report a patient with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism who was persistently hypocalcemic during ten months of treatment with vitamin D, 150,000 units/day. After voluntary weight reduction he became hypercalcemic on the same dose of vitamin D. We believe that the toxicity in this instance was due to release of stored vitamin D into the circulation. CASE REPORT The patient was referred to the hospital at 12½ years of age because of intracranial calcifications noted on roentgenograms obtained for the evaluation of sinusitis.

scholarly journals Nonpharmacological Modulation of Chronic Inflammation in Parkinson’s Disease: Role of Diet Interventions

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Kalampokini ◽  
Anouck Becker ◽  
Klaus Fassbender ◽  
Epameinondas Lyros ◽  
Marcus M. Unger
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Chronic Inflammation ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dietary Interventions ◽  
Lifestyle Modifications ◽  
Proinflammatory Response ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Mediators Of Inflammation

Neuroinflammation is increasingly recognized as an important pathophysiological feature of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). Recent evidence suggests that neuroinflammation in PD might originate in the intestine and the bidirectional communication between the central and enteric nervous system, the so-called “gut-brain axis,” has received growing attention due to its contribution to the pathogenesis of neurological disorders. Diet targets mediators of inflammation with various mechanisms and combined with dopaminergic treatment can exert various beneficial effects in PD. Food-based therapies may favorably modulate gut microbiota composition and enhance the intestinal epithelial integrity or decrease the proinflammatory response by direct effects on immune cells. Diets rich in pre- and probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, phenols including flavonoids, and vitamins, such as the Mediterranean diet or a plant-based diet, may attenuate chronic inflammation and positively influence PD symptoms and even progression of the disease. Dietary strategies should be encouraged in the context of a healthy lifestyle with physical activity, which also has neuroimmune-modifying properties. Thus, diet adaptation appears to be an effective additive, nonpharmacological therapeutic strategy that can attenuate the chronic inflammation implicated in PD, potentially slow down degeneration, and thereby modify the course of the disease. PD patients should be highly encouraged to adopt corresponding lifestyle modifications, in order to improve not only PD symptoms, but also general quality of life. Future research should focus on planning larger clinical trials with dietary interventions in PD in order to obtain hard evidence for the hypothesized beneficial effects.

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