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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Nutrition counseling"”.
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Effects of one method of intensive nutrition counseling on short term and long term sodium ingestion
A nutrition counseling method incorporating an intensive individualized low sodium diet instruction, a multidisciplinary team (physician, nurse, registered dietitian) effort, and immediate feedback on the level of sodium excreted in two 24-hour urine collections, with no nutrition follow-up …
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Nutrition counseling in adults infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus : a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
[Background] HIV-infected individuals may be at nutritional risk at any point in the course of their illness. Nutrition counselling has been found to be an important intervention for maintaining and improving nutritional status in HIV infection. The evidence for the magnitude of benefit has not …
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Evaluating Satisfaction and Benefit of Nutrition Counseling Provided by a Registered Dietitian among Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy.
… radiation therapy were satisfied with the nutrition counseling they were receiving and if they obtained any benefit. Radiation increases the risk for side effects such as taste changes, chewing/swallowing problems, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. When these side effects are …
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Effect of nutrition counseling on maternal nutritional performance, birth outcome and choice of infant feeding in pregnant teenagers
This study investigated the influence of nutrition education services, measured by duration of participation and frequency of nutrition counseling, on maternal nutritional performance, and pregnancy outcome, in 100 pregnant teenagers enrolled in the WIC program in North Carolina. Data on prenatal …
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Evaluating Satisfaction and Benefit from Nutrition Counseling from a Registered Dietitian among Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy.
… receiving radiation were satisfied with the nutrition counseling they were receiving and if they obtained any benefit. Radiation to the head or neck region promotes side effects such as taste changes and chewing and swallowing difficultly that decrease food and fluid intake. A reduction in …
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An exploratory study to assess food behavior outcomes of a one- time nutrition intervention event
… in an effort to substantiate the effect of nutrition counseling delivered at a local cholesterol screening clinic. It developed a method of measuring dietary habit changes conducive to a cholesterol- lowering diet. Hypercholesterolemic subjects were chosen for the study when their total …
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Nutritional attitudes of senior dental students
The attitudes toward nutrition and dentistry were studied in a group of senior dental students at Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia. The attitude statements were divided into three categories, nutrition and counseling, the nutrition counseling in their future dental …
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Health impact of brief interventions by a registered dietitian during exercise sessions in a phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation setting
… disease. An RD provided individualized nutrition counseling, answered nutrition questions, and reviewed weekly progress in a CR program for a four-month period. At baseline and upon completion of 19 CR sessions, nutrition knowledge was assessed using a 38-question test, and body weight …
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Feasibility of Online Nutritional Counseling and/or Remote Self Weighing in Pregnant Women With Obesity
… interventions of weekly weighing and online nutrition counselling. Aim 3: <strong>(</strong>a)<strong> </strong>Explore the differences in gestational weight gain from enrollment to 6 weeks later and at 28 weeks among pregnant women with obesity who were not given any special nutrition …
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Breast Cancer Rehabilitation: Impact on Physical Activity and Quality of Life
… program included baseline patient assessment, nutrition counseling, physical activity counseling, and social support. Physical activity was assessed by the Godin Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ) and accelerometers. Quality of life was assessed by the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), …
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Role of the Dietitian in Multidisciplinary Treatment of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
… physicians, a health psychologist and a licensed nutritionist that had 7-25 years of experience treating PCOS.;Results: From the survey, the barriers for future multidisciplinary clinics included: money/resources, insurance reimbursement, and difference of opinions; the potential advantages …
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Health Behavior among College Students: Assessing Help-Seeking Behaviors in University Wellness Center Clients
… services to students, such as alcohol and drug counseling, stress management counseling, nutrition counseling, STD testing, pregnancy counseling, biofeedback, and relationship counseling. Healthy People 2010 is a national initiative, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, …
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Breast Cancer Rehabilitation: Does Physical Activity Reduce Fatigue?
… received a baseline patient assessment, nutrition counseling, physical activity counseling, and social support. Feasibility was assessed by recruitment rate, exercise session attendance, retention to the program, adverse events, and enjoyment. Secondary objectives to the study were to …
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Public health nutrition intervention to enhance healthy eating and lifestyle modification among Lebanese women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
… was to assess the efficacy of public health nutrition intervention designed to enhance healthy eating and lifestyle modification among PCOS patients attended the obstetrics and gynecology clinic at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre (AUB-MC) in Beirut, Lebanon. A prospective …
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Perceptions of Body Size and Desire to Be Thinner among Hispanice Mother-Daughter Dyads
… known as BOUNCE (Behavior Opportunities Uniting Nutrition, Counseling, and Exercise). Data collection occurred during the summers of 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2017. Analysis consisted of a paired samples t-test to assess the relationship between mother’s and daughter’s ideal views on body size. A …
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An Examination of Weight-Related Bias in the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Community
… in the United States. Registered dietitian nutritionists are trained both in educating patients about how diet and lifestyle behavior choices can affect health and assessing a particular patient’s diet and lifestyle to evaluate which dietary recommendations could best address a particular …
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The need for physician referral of low-income, chronic disease patients to free community nutrition education programs
… physicians often do not provide adequate dietary counseling or appropriate nutrition referrals to this patient population. Two surveys were conducted in Southwest and the western part of Central Virginia, one with 209 family practitioners and internists and the other with 57 low-income …
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Rehabilitation of obesity
This project investigates the many influences throughout the life span that interact to cause obesity. Heredity factors, overfeeding in infancy and childhood, repeated dieting, inactivity, lifestyle and psychosocial conditions all contribute to the incidence of obesity.
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A comparison of two methods for teaching principles of the fat-controlled, low sodium diet
… a questionnaire and post-test. Then the counseling session resumed. Time was recorded for each session. An evaluation also was completed . Results from the post-test indicated no significant difference between the groups, however, the dietitian' s time was shorter f or the slide-tape …
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Effects of a nutritional intervention on dietary intake in female collegiate athletes
… intervention of registered dietician facilitated nutritional sessions and (2) investigate the athlete's nutritional intake in comparison to AMDR and relative macronutrient recommendations. Female players were recruited from two collegiate soccer teams and placed in either the experimental group or …