RDN Training

December 13, 2013

Predictors of Responsiveness to Vitamin D Supplementation and Outcomes Assessment in Patients Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

Vitamin D is one of the most common micronutrient deficiencies in the obese population awaiting Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery and often persists post-operatively despite routinely recommended supplementation, suggesting there may be variable response to this supplementation. However, there are no established indicators that allow clinicians to identify the non-responders, and factors contributing to poor…

Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 response to vitamin D supplementation in obese and non-obese men and women

Obese adults are more susceptible to poor vitamin D status and response to supplementation than lean adults, but explanatory mechanisms remain unclear. Proposed hypotheses include increased degradation or adipose tissue sequestration of vitamin D. The purpose of this study was to investigate how plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] concentrations respond to vitamin D repletion relative to changes…

Barriers to WIC Benefits Redemption among Participants in Washington State abstract

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a federal program administered by the states to improve nutritional status through the provision of supplemental food packages, nutrition and breastfeeding education, and referrals to related services. WIC eligibility is based on income and risk (1). Preliminary data for the 2012 Fiscal Year…

Development of the DESK (Disinhibited Eating Score for Koreans) Questionnaire: Examining the relationship between eating cues and food intake in the corporate-working population of Seoul, Korea

What triggers us to start or stop eating, and also decide what and how much we eat? There are many established questionnaires that have been developed to assess one’s motivation to eat. Among the most widely used is the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) that was developed in 1985. Among the three factors in the…

Relationship between parental use of praise and child weight outcomes in the FOCUS pediatric obesity study

Childhood obesity is a major focus of public health efforts in the United States and many other parts of the world due to its prevalence and associated short- and long-term health risks and to its prevalence, which had been increasing globally for many years before recently stabilizing in the U.S. and Europe. A frequent parental…

October 31, 2013

Female Athlete Triad

Outpatient Nutritional Counseling for a Roux en Y Gastric Bypass Patient

Nutrition Support of a 30-Week Preterm Infant with Severe Intrauterine Growth Restriction in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

An Olympic Pole Vaulter’s 50-Year Journey through Nutrition Support

Multiple Gun Shot Wounds to the Abdomen

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