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Audits & More: A Nutrition and Food Service Audit Manual for Adult Residential Care Facilities with 25 or more Persons in Care 2009 — [British Columbia Act] recommended that all licensed adult residential community care facilities have a program which monitors their nutrition and food services. This monitoring or audit program assists facilities in maintaining basic health and safety standards.
Behavioral approaches to the treatment of obesity 2011 — This chapter begins by reviewing data on the effectiveness of behavioral treatment, documenting that short-term results are impressive and that long-term weight loss maintenance remains challenging. Next, the principles and structure of behavioral treatment are reviewed in detail.
Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nutrition Support in Mechanically Ventilated, Critically Ill Adult Patients 2003 — This study was conducted to develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for nutrition support (ie, enteral and parenteral nutrition) in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults.
Effects of Gastrostomy Feeding in Children with Cerebral Palsy: An AACPDM Evidence Report 2002 — Malnutrition and growth failure were long regarded as inevitable and irremediable consequences of severe CP. In recent years, however, technical advances in tube feeding and ready availability of commercially prepared formulas such as Jevity®, Pediasure®, and Ensure® have caused clinicians to re-examine that expectation.
Ethics & Nutrition Seminar-Nov 24, 2000 (Regina, SK) — Notes on a variety of topics recorded by DHB: Ethics and Applications in Practice; Must All Patients Be Fed?; When Feeding is Not in the Patient’s Best Interest; Ethical and Legal Issues of ANH from the Perspective of a SLP
Evidence-Based Nutrition Principles and Recommendations for the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetes and Related Complications 2002 — Medical nutrition therapy is an integral component of diabetes management and of diabetes self-management education. Yet many misconceptions exist concerning nutrition and diabetes... this position statement provides evidence-based principles and recommendations for diabetes medical nutrition therapy.
Gastrostomy feeding versus oral feeding alone for childrenwith cerebral palsy (Review) 2013 — Although gastrostomy or jejunostomy placement may greatly facilitate the feeding of children with cerebral palsy, many carers find it very emotionally difficult to accept this intervention. Moreover, the intervention is costly and there is the possibility of complications. The effectiveness and safety of the treatment requires further assessment. This review is an update of one previously published in 2004.
Guidelines for the Use of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition in Adult and Pediatric Patients 2002 — These clinical guidelines, designed for use by health care professionals who provide nutrition support services and their patients, offer clinical advice for managing adult and pediatric (including adolescent) patients in inpatient and outpatient (ambulatory, home, and specialized care) settings.
POSITION ON DISCRETIONARY FORTIFICATION OF FOODS WITH VITAMINS AND MINERALS AND THE NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS/FOOD INTERFACE 2009 — Dietitians of Canada supports food fortification when there is a clearly documented public health need.