Nutrition News

Registered dietitian nutritionists caring for patients with chronic kidney disease are frequently challenged to help address multiple chronic diseases, comorbidities and acute issues to achieve goals for health and well-being.

Obesity is an important health issue for patients with chronic kidney disease, speeding its progression, contributing to disability and limiting access to organ transplantation. Up to now, nephrologists typically do not manage obesity.

The FDA has updated the definition of “healthy,” so food labels will have to abide by new rules to earn the title, according to a press release.

ChatGPT-4 showed promise in providing personalized nutritional guidance for patients on dialysis, but substantial improvements are necessary, according to a study published in Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Eating patterns as a whole were more strongly associated with kidney health than intake of specific nutrients, researchers reported in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Fruits and vegetables may be beneficial in the treatment of hypertension to reduce chronic kidney disease progression, according to published data.

Higher nutritional risk may be associated with infection-related hospitalization but not cardiovascular disease-related hospitalization in patients on dialysis, according to results of a prospective study.

There may be a link between dietary fiber intake and hyperkalemia in patients on maintenance hemodialysis, according to a published cross-sectional study.

Dietary patterns may vary significantly in patients with different stages of chronic kidney disease, according to an investigation of food group intake among patients in a United Kingdom study.