Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
RESOURCE LINE - Nutrition
Systematic Assessment of Malnutrition, a Major Source of Preventable Morbidity and Mortality
March 2011
Guest Editor: Michel Sanscartier, RD, MSc, President, Ordre professionnel des diététistes du Québec, Clinical Nutritionist, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Malnutrition...
HEALTH ODYSSEY - PEDIATRIC NUTRITION
Nucleotide-fortified Formulas Can Boost Neonate Immunity, Gastrointestinal Tract Maturation
January 2011
Human breast milk is the gold standard by which all other sources of infant nutrition are compared. Amongst its many advantages, it offers considerable immune bene?ts to the newborn baby’s immature immune system. To meet the...
HEALTH ODYSSEY - PRENATAL NUTRITION
Impact of Maternal Nutrition on Fetal Development
December 2010
Nutrition is perhaps the most influential non-genetic factor in fetal development.1 Maternal body composition, nutritional stores, diet, and ability to deliver nutrients through the placenta determines nutrient availability for...
HEALTH ODYSSEY - American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report on
The Effects of Early Dietary Interventions on the Development of Atopic Diseases: Updated Advice for Health Care Providers
Editorial: Timothy Vander Leek, MD, FRCPC Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Ten years ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued recommendations that addressed dietary management for...
RESOURCE LINE - Pediatric Nutrition
Simple Strategies and Solutions for Common Nutritional Deficiencies in Infants and Children
Summer 2010
Optimizing nutrition for very low birth-weight (VLBW) preterm infants on through to children with a variety of feeding difficulties was the focus of a co-developed presentation here at the Canadian Paediatric Society’s (CPS) annual...
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Strategies to Improve and Maintain Intestinal Flora Balance: The Role of Prebiotics and Probiotics
June 2010
“Typically, we think of a malnourished patient as someone who is thin and you would think that that would be an obvious diagnosis,” noted Annalynn Skipper, PhD, Annalynn Skipper and Associates, Oak Park, Illinois, in an...
HEALTH ODYSSEY - Pediatric Nutrition
Identification and Management of Feeding Difficulties in Children
May 2010
Worldwide, between 30% and 60% of parents believe their children are not eating appropriately. The spectrum of feeding difficulties is broad, ranging from picky eating to autism. Organic disease, infantile anorexia, food allergies, food...
RESOURCE LINE - Pediatric Nutrition
From Breast Milk to Weaning and Beyond
May 2010
Mothers’ perception that their infant is not satisfied by breast milk alone is consistently cited as one of the top three reasons why mothers decide to stop breast-feeding, regardless of the age at which the infant is weaned,...
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Pediatric Nutrition
September 2009
Reasons for failure to initiate, persist with breast-feeding Many mothers either fail to initiate breast-feeding following the birth of their child or, once initiated, fail to breast-feed exclusively for six months, as is currently...