Nutritional Disorders

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

Updated March 2009

Related HealthInsite Topics

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 refers to the malabsorption of food nutrients due to disease or surgical removal of parts 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:	Apr 2008

Title:	Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in older people
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:	Aug 2006

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

Title:	Nutrition support for bone marrow transplant patients
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:	Feb 2002

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