Nutritional Disorders

Follow the links below to find information about nutritional disorders and conditions that can be affected by diet.

Reviewed May 2011

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Eating Disorders

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Links to information about eating disorders such as binge eating, bulimia and anorexia nervosa.

Malnutrition

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Links to information on malnutrition.

Obesity

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Links to information on obesity and preventing obesity.

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Title:   Short bowel syndrome
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Short bowel syndrome occurs when a person is unable to absorb food nutrients properly due to severe disease or surgical removal of a significant proportion of the small intestine. Common causes of short bowel syndrome include Crohn' s disease and necrotising enterocolitis. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, diarrhoea, fluid retention, weight loss and fatigue.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Nutrition in dialysis patients
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   The ability of the kidney to get rid of waste products and body fluids is compromised in dialysis patients. Consequently, a healthy balanced diet is extremely important.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Nutritional supplementation for older people after hip fracture
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Older people with hip fractures are often malnourished at the time of their fracture and many have poor food intake while in hospital. Malnutrition may hinder recovery after hip fracture. We reviewed the effects of nutritional interventions in older peo...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Cachexia
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Cachexia means 'poor condition' in Greek. Cachexia has been defined as a syndrome characterised by progressive loss of lean tissue and body fat. Losses are often in excess to that explained by the associated anorexia. Cachexia oc
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Nutritional support for patients who have had a bone marrow transplant
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bone marrow transplant patients can experience prolonged poor appetite with vomiting and diarrhoea. Malnutrition is a consequence. To prevent this, patients can receive nutritious fluids orally or via a nasogastric tube, or intravenously as parenteral n...
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Good nutrition for good surgery (Comment for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Having an operation puts a lot of demand on patients' bodies. They need to be well nourished if they are going to make a good recovery.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Good nutrition for good surgery: clinical and quality of life outcomes
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Undernutrition is common in patients admitted for surgery and is often unrecognised, untreated and worsens in hospital. The physiological and psychosocial stresses of surgery increase the risk of poor nutritional status, which is clearly linked to poorer outcomes.
Date:   Dec 2003

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