Background: Although some studies have explored the relationships between dietary fiber (DF) supplement and gut barrier function, changes of gut microbiota, and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients, the results were not consistent. Objective: The purpose was to explore the effect of DF...

The objective of this review was to summarize associations between ecological momentary assessment (EMA)-measured contextual factors and eating and dietary intake behaviors in children and adolescents. The inclusion criteria were availability of the study in English and use of EMA to study eating...

We aimed to explore the potential link of serum vitamin D level with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library database were searched until the end of February 2018. Clinical studies with sufficient data investigating the relationship between serum vitamin ...

Aims: Anemia and vitamin D deficiency (VDD) are both very important health issues, recent accumulating evidence shows that VDD is prevalent in individuals with anemia. This meta-analysis aimed to detect a relationship between VDD and anemia. Methods: We identified eligible studies by searching...

Objective: To compare the growth of preterm infants fed standard protein-fortified human milk with that containing human milk fortifier (HMF) with a higher-than-standard protein content. Methods: Published articles reporting randomized controlled trials and prospective observational interventi...

Vitamin D receptor (VDR) plays a key role in calcium metabolism, and is closely related to urinary stone formation (urolithiasis). Previous studies have investigated the associations between VDR single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (polymorphisms at BsmI, ApaI, FokI, or TaqI cutting sites) and ...

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of interventions on mealtime difficulties in older adults with dementia. Design: A systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: the PRISMA Statement. Data sources: Pubmed, Medline (OVID), CINAHL (EBSCOHos...

Background: Review of research to date has been focusing on maintaining weight and nutrition with little attention on optimizing eating performance. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions on eating performance for older adults with dementia in long-term care (LTC). Method...

Background: Low vitamin D (VitD) status is becoming a global health issue. Previous heterogenous results are urging a meta-analysis to delineate a panorama of VitD conditions in the general population in Mainland of China. Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis by searchin...

Background: Whether or not, obesity negatively influencing the outcomes of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) remains a controversial issue. Though observational studies focused on this topic, the reported conclusions remain inconsistent. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of prospective c...