Food intake of a typical Brazilian diet among hospitalized malnourished patients.
Clin Nutr
; 19(1): 55-9, 2000 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-10700535
AIM: To verify whether malnourished inpatients receiving a typical Brazilian diet meet their food requirements. METHODS: Thirty-five consecutive surgical and medical hospitalized adults, able to feed themselves, received rice and beans based diets for 3 consecutive days. All served food was weighed before and after the meals. Nutrient intake was determined and results compared to American Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA). Malnutrition was defined by the presence of at least one of these criteria: body mass index &lE 18.5 kg/m(2); height-creatinine index << 70%; or albumin level << 3. 5 g/dl. RESULTS: Malnourished and non-malnourished patients were paired in relation to age, gender, diagnoses and clinical parameters. Despite showing distinct anthropometric parameters and laboratory data, malnourished patients ingested enough quantities of food and met or exceeded RDA for energy and other nutrients. CONCLUSIONS: Clinically-stable malnourished inpatients, supplied with rice- and beans based diets have adequate energy and nutrient intake, the same occurring for non-malnourished ones.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dieta
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Ingestão de Alimentos
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Hospitalização
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Distúrbios Nutricionais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Nutr
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido