Nutrients are the structural components of food that the body needs to function properly. They are divided into macronutrients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates) and micronutrients (vitamins, provitamins ...

There are a myriad of causes for food insecurity — the high cost of housing, food deserts, disability — but the result of not having enough healthy food is always the same. The body stops functioning ...

The adherence of bacteria to intestinal mucosa is an important initial event in the pathogenesis of enteric infections. Such infections occur frequently in association with undernutrition. We ...

PROF. JACKSON'S book is a systematic review of the subject of inanition, which term he uses to indicate the lack of food or of any food-stuff which is essential to the living organism. The general ...

Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, Vol. 41, No. 3 (May-June 1997), pp. 166-172 (7 pages) The fatty acid profiles of plasma phospholipids have been compared in 53 elderly subjects suffering from ...

Adults and children with COVID-19 who have a history of malnutrition may have an increased likelihood of death and the need for mechanical ventilation, according to a study published in Scientific ...

Around the world, more than 45 million children under the age of five experience acute malnutrition annually. Between one and two million of these children will die as a result. The surging global ...

PHOENIX, AZ—One out of six patients who participated in the COAPT trial had malnutrition, which was independently associated with all-cause mortality at 4 years, a post hoc analysis reveals. The link ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have found that women with peripheral artery disease were more likely to present with depressive ...

Malnutrition in the elderly is an underrecognized condition that is increasing in prevalence. If left untreated, malnutrition leads to a progressive decline in overall health and reduced physical and ...

As we wrap up this series of posts on cognitive function in anorexia, the general story so far is that having anorexia could affect how smart you are. The losses take a range of forms encompassing ...