Nutrition

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Off-unit sessions organized around games, resources, fresh food and meal preparation improved patient knowledge around nutrition and kidney disease, resulting in improved phosphorous levels.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Implementing medical nutrition therapy for patients with late-stage chronic kidney disease saved an estimated $47,000 per patient by delaying the need for dialysis, according to a poster presented here.

Adults in France who consumed more food additive emulsifiers had increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Greater intake of ultraprocessed foods, like sugary drinks and ready-to-eat products, was associated with a slightly higher risk of all-cause mortality, according to results of a 30-study published in BMJ Open.

BOSTON — Life’s Essential 8, a campaign led by the American Heart Association, is an assortment of interventions “we can all follow” and “associated with much better outcomes,” Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA, said.

DENVER — In this video, an expert highlighted several practices that she said are “recommended when implementing nutrition, and culinary medicine in particular, into obesity medicine practice.”

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, about benefits of plant-based eating plans for women’s health

As much as 43% of patients with systemic sclerosis are malnourished, while 33% demonstrate severe malnutrition, according to data from an Australian study published in Rheumatology.

Middle-aged adults who eat more plant-based foods and fewer animal-based products are less likely to develop incident diabetes, according to study findings published in Diabetes Care.

Patients with pro-inflammatory diets demonstrate worse knee osteoarthritis pain and a greater risk for 10-year severe pain trajectory, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.