BACKGROUND: Taste changes are commonly reported by people with cancer undergoing radio- or chemotherapy. Taste changes may compromise dietary intake and nutritional status. OBJECTIVE: To understand whether or not taste change is associated with cancer diagnosis or treatment modality in adults. ME...

The prevalence of malnutrition in lung cancer patients across a variety of treatment modalities and disease stages ranges from 45% to 69%. Malnutrition is associated with poorer clinical outcomes in cancer patients. This systematic review examined whether dietary counseling or oral supplements du...

Within epidemiological and intervention studies, whole grain consumption has generally shown positive associations with reductions in markers of overweight and obesity. However, studies use varied methods of determining whole grain intake, including different definitions of a whole grain food, wh...

Poor nutritional status and protein-energy wasting are common among maintenance dialysis patients and associated with unfavorable outcomes. Providing foods, meal trays, snack boxes, and/or oral nutritional supplements during hemodialysis can improve nutritional status and might also reduce inflam...

BACKGROUND: Typically, management of PCOS focuses on lifestyle changes (exercise and diet), aiming to alleviate symptoms, and lower the associated risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Our objective was to analyse evidence on the effectiveness of exercise in the management of PCOS, ...

肠道微生物组的饮食改变是治疗肥胖的一个重要靶点。动物和人类研究表明，基于所使用的益生菌配方，双向调节体重。在这项研究中，我们系统地回顾了文献，并进行了荟萃分析，以评估益生元、益生菌和合生元对成年受试者体重、体重指数（BMI）和脂肪质量的影响。我们搜索了Medline（PubMed）、Embase、Cochrane图书馆和Web of Science，确定了4721篇文章，其中41篇进行了全文筛选，产生了21项纳入研究，涉及33个研究组。益生菌的使用与BMI、体重和脂肪量的显著降低有关。对食用益生元的受试者的研究表明，益生元显著降低了体重，而合生元没有显示出效果。总的来说，与安慰剂相比，当...

Objective: To systematically review the literature and map published studies on 4-8-year-olds' intake of discretionary choices against an ecological framework (ANalysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity; ANGELO). Design: Articles were identified through database searches (PubMed, PyscINF...

Background: Nutrition plays an important role in maintaining the overall health of older people. Inadequate intake may lead to impaired body function, higher morbidity, and mortality. Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) showed positive effect on the nutritional status of the elderly; however, syst...

The association between dietary carbohydrate intake and breast cancer (BC) remains controversial. This meta-analysis aimed to elucidate the association between dietary carbohydrate intake (dietary fiber, whole grain, sugar, and unidentified carbohydrate) and BC risk in a cohort study. We hypothes...

Lycopene is a potent lipophilic antioxidant in tomato. We aim to clarify the evidence for associations between tomato and lycopene and multiple health outcomes. Umbrella review of meta-analyses and systematic reviews was performed in humans. A total of 174 articles were searched, 17 articles with...