Nutrition

Data from a single-center, cross-sectional study showed medications commonly prescribed to patients with chronic kidney disease were low in inorganic phosphorus, with most phosphorus coming from excipients.

Contrary to prior models, a plant-based, low-fat diet was associated with less ad libitum energy intake compared with an animal-based, low-carbohydrate diet, for reasons still unclear, a speaker reported.

The FDA has issued voluntary guidelines that are intended to lower excess sodium intake from packaged, processed and prepared foods, the agency said.

Protara Therapeutics announced results of a study designed to further understand the incidence of intestinal failure-associated liver disease in patients dependent on parenteral nutrition.

Adopting a time-restricted eating schedule to align with a person’s circadian clock could help prevent diabetes, heart disease and other diseases, according to researchers.

Salt substitute vs. regular salt for prevention of stroke and other adverse outcomes.

The prevalence of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder varied significantly based on how the disorder was defined, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Recent data from the EMPEROR-Preserved trial revealed that the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin reduced the risk for serious hospitalizations in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Healthy older adults who consumed walnuts daily for 2 years experienced reductions in total cholesterol and LDL, as well as small and total LDL particles, according to results of the WAHA trial.

For Robert H. Eckel, MD, a desire to learn about the underlying mechanisms driving disease sparked an early interest in what would become groundbreaking research in the fields of lipid metabolism and cardiometabolic health.