Nutrition News

The American Kidney Fund has launched two online resources for health care professionals that can serve as tools for improving patient adherence to dietary recommendations and increasing awareness of secondary hyperparathyroidism.

More than half of adults with diabetes did not meet recommended protein intake guidelines, which was associated with increased functional limitations during tasks such as stooping and kneeling, according to findings published in Nutrients.

Patients on hemodialysis who received cholecalciferol supplementation for 12 weeks experienced increases a-klotho levels, results of a randomized placebo-controlled trial showed.

A retrospective cohort study of U.S. veterans with advanced chronic kidney disease demonstrated that laxative use within the 2-year period before dialysis initiation did not significantly impact eGFR decline.

Just 7.4% of U.S. adults met the Institute of Medicine’s recommended daily adequate intake of 14 g of fiber for every 1,000 kcals, data from a recent 5-year period show.

Nearly 35% of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease experienced a deterioration in nutritional status in the course of a year, according to research conducted across six European countries.

Investigators from New York University have identified the plant-based milks that compare most favorably to dairy milk for patients with chronic kidney disease, as well as those prone to kidney stones.

Patients on hemodialysis who received dietary counseling on the phone during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced improvements in a variety of parameters associated with nutritional status, according to study findings.

A study of individuals who resided in Baltimore suggested those with housing or food insecurity were less likely to achieve health parameters known to reduce the risk for kidney disease.

Finding that protein-energy wasting was prevalent in children with kidney disease, researchers outlined what they deemed to be the “most useful” methods for making accurate diagnoses of the condition in this patient population.