Nutrition News

Improvement in aerobic capacity led to a greater percentage of weight loss in select populations, according to data scheduled to be presented at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

Fresenius Medical Care North America has donated $250,000 to the Food is Medicine Coalition, an act which the company hopes will help ensure patients with kidney failure receive adequate nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

College-aged men who played video games consumed less healthier foods than their nongaming peers, according to data presented at Nutrition 2020 Live Online.

Less than 7% of U.S. adults engaged in all five healthy behaviors recommended by public health institutions, researchers reported. These behaviors included exercise, maintaining a healthy diet and normal BMI.

The saying “April showers bring May flowers” has taken on a different meaning this year. We are getting showers of statistics, updates, policies, guidelines and change. More than ever, we are wishing for those May flowers.

Study participants who consumed soda sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup experienced increased vascular resistance in the kidneys compared with participants who consumed water, according to research published in the American Journal of Renal Physiology.

A healthy diet and lifestyle intervention utilizing daily text messages may help improve the behaviors of patients with chronic kidney disease, according to results of a pilot intervention that were presented at the virtual National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

A web-based coaching intervention administered at Dutch nephrology outpatient clinics helped patients with chronic kidney disease reduce their sodium intake during a 3-month period, according to study results.

Editor’s note: This article was written from a review of the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guideline public draft, which is still undergoing revisions based on public commentary.

A study of 2,248 patients, most of whom had normal kidney function at baseline, found patients who had higher protein intakes experienced a more rapid decline in kidney function following myocardial infarction.