scholarly journals Prevalence and Predictors of Malnutrition in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. CMENT.S12119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Wanjiru irungu ◽  
Herbert O. Oburra ◽  
Betha Ochola
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Ideal Body Weight ◽  
Predictive Marker ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Dietary History ◽  
Ideal Body

We assessed the prevalence and predictors of malnutrition in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Sixty cases and 123 controls matched for age and gender were included. Bio-data, dietary history, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), ideal body weight, and serum albumin levels were recorded. Pretreatment weight loss of >5% was present in 35% of subjects (P < 0.0001). A BMI of < 18.5 kg/m2 was present in 13.3% (P < 0.001), percent ideal body weight of <90% was present in 30% (P < 0.001), and serum albumin levels < 30 g/dL was present in 23.3% (P < 0.001) of cases. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma increased the likelihood of having a BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (odds ratio, 9.3 (3.4–25.3) P ≤ 0.001). Logistic regression shows that stage IV disease was associated with a decrease in all parameters except protein-calorie intake. Stage IV nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a predictive marker for weight loss and low serum albumin levels. Nutritional management is important for ensuring the patients’ ability to withstand chemoradiation and thus improve survival and quality of life.

scholarly journals Clinical-epidemiological evaluation in overweight and obese patients after “DCD method” application

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Marina Conese ◽  
Grace Massiah ◽  
Piero Oberto De Cavi
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Who Classification ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Ideal Body Weight ◽  
Obese Patients ◽  
Ideal Body ◽  
Epidemiological Evaluation ◽  
Dietary Education

The article describes an experimental observation performed for 2 years on 200 patients: 150 female and 50 male between 25 and 65 years old, overweight with class I, II and III obesity (WHO classification). Patients with overt diabetic pathology and with “borderline” hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia are subjected to “DCD method” (appropriate dietary education associated to New-Electrosculpture) in Bari (DCD office). The aim of the study is weight loss, with patients’ life quality improvement. What we have obtained is an ideal body weight recover without anti-obesity drug use, with maintenance of the results obtained for 18 months.

484: Informing preconception weight loss counseling for women above their ideal body weight

2014 ◽  
Vol 210 (1) ◽  
pp. S242
Author(s):  
Laura Schummers ◽  
Jennifer Hutcheon ◽  
Lisa Bodnar ◽  
Katherine Himes
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Ideal Body Weight ◽  
Ideal Body

Operant Conditioning in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: A Review and Retrospective Study of 11 Cases

1974 ◽  
Vol 124 (579) ◽  
pp. 166-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadrudin Bhanji ◽  
James Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Operant Conditioning ◽  
Ideal Body Weight ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Weight Losses ◽  
Ideal Body ◽  
Loss Of Appetite

Anorexia nervosa is a disorder characterized by loss of appetite, amenorrhoea, and weight loss in the absence of any primary psychiatric or physical illness (Dally and Sargant, 1966). Features which have recently been stated to be of value in distinguishing it from anorexia due to other causes are: denial of illness, bradycardia and lanugo hair (Wright et al., 1969). The weight losses in this condition are usually at least 20 per cent of ideal body weight, depending on the quality and promptness of treatment.

Effectiveness of a new dietetic weight management food to achieve weight loss in client-owned obese cats

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 947-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Undine Christmann ◽  
Iveta Bečvářová ◽  
Stephen R Werre ◽  
Hein P Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
Body Condition Score ◽  
Ideal Body Weight ◽  
Condition Score ◽  
Ideal Body ◽  
Begging Behavior

Objectives The aim of the study was to evaluate weight loss and maintenance parameters in cats fed a novel weight management food and to assess the owner’s perception of the cat’s quality of life. Methods This study was designed as a prospective, uncontrolled/unmasked clinical trial. One hundred and thirty-two overweight/obese, otherwise healthy, client-owned cats were enrolled. Initial evaluation included physical examination, nutritional assessment, ideal body weight determination and weight-loss feeding guidelines development. Follow-up evaluations (monthly for 6 months) encompassed determination of body weight, body condition score, body fat index, muscle condition score and feeding practices. Quality of life assessment by owners included the cat’s level of energy, happiness, appetite, begging behavior, flatulence, stool volume and fecal score. Results Eighty-three percent of the cats lost weight, with an average ± SEM weight loss of 11.0 ± 1.8% over 6 months and an average ± SE weekly weight loss rate of 0.45 ± 0.02%. The mean ± SEM duration of weight loss was 134.0 ± 4.8 days. Fourteen percent of cats achieved an ideal body weight. Seventy-nine percent of cats ate more calories from novel weight management food than the recommended daily energy requirement for weight loss, and the majority of these cats still lost weight. Body condition score and body fat index decreased over time compared with baseline from weeks 12–24 and from weeks 8–24, respectively. Owners perceived an increase in energy and happiness (>week 12) in the cats that lost weight, without changes in appetite or begging behavior. Conclusions and relevance This study confirmed the effectiveness of the novel weight management food in achieving weight loss in overweight/obese client-owned cats. Owners reported significant improvements in their cat’s quality of life without negative side effects.

Weight-Loss Challenge among Medical Students: An Approach to Maintain Ideal Body Weight

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Veena Bhaskar S Gowda ◽  
Bhaskar H Nagaiah ◽  
Sudhir K Ambati ◽  
Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Ideal Body Weight ◽  
Ideal Body

Effect of a High Protein Diet in Patients with the Nephrotic Syndrome

1989 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Mansy ◽  
T. H. J. Goodship ◽  
J. S. Tapson ◽  
G. H. Hartley ◽  
Pauline Keavey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Nephrotic Syndrome ◽  
Plasma Renin Activity ◽  
Ideal Body Weight ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Serum Phosphate ◽  
Renin Activity ◽  
Protein Diet ◽  
Dietary History ◽  
Ideal Body

1. Twelve patients with the nephrotic syndrome were prescribed for 4 week periods a normal protein diet (NPD) containing 1 g of protein/kg ideal body weight. They were then prescribed for further 4 week periods in random order diets with high (HPD) and low (LPD) protein contents, respectively 2.0 and 0.5 g/kg ideal body weight. 2. Compliance was confirmed by dietary history and measurement of urinary urea excretion. 3. Serum albumin was the same on all diets. Twenty-four hour urinary protein excretion increased progressively with increasing dietary protein (LPD 6.1 g, NPD 8.2 g, HPD 9.2 g). Recumbent plasma renin activity and serum phosphate were significantly increased on HPD (plasma renin activity: LPD 5.7, NPD 4.6, HPD 8.2 pmol of angiotensin I min−1 I−1; serum phosphate: LPD 1.27, NPD 1.26, HPD 1.41 mmol/l). 4. There was no evidence of protein-induced hyperfiltration or hyperperfusion: 51Cr-ethylenediaminetetraacetate and [125I]iodohippurate clearances were similar on all three diets. 5. Since proteinuria, increased plasma renin levels and hyperphosphataemia may contribute to progression of renal failure and because HPD did not improve hypoalbuminaemia, the use of HPD in the nephrotic syndrome should be abandoned. 6. Until it can be established that LPD, which is accompanied by the least proteinuria, does not, with long-term feeding, lead to malnutrition, NPD should be used in the treatment of the nephrotic syndrome.

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