[A nutritionally defined liquid diet for hemodialyzed patients].

Background: For patients having regular haemodialysis there are no suitable complete preparations for general use in case intensive treatment is needed. Nutrilac renal is a new preparation of a nutritionally defined liquid diet corresponding as to its composition to the needs of haemodialyzed patients. The purpose of the present work was to assess whether this preparation when administered as a supplement will have a favourable effect on the nutritional parameters of haemodialyzed patients.

[A Czechoslovak low-energy protein diet in the treatment of obesity].

The low-energy protein diet providing 1559 kJ is the first accurately defined diet for the treatment of obesity in the CSSR. The daily amount contains 4.0 g fat, 33.

Very low energy formula diet in the treatment of obesity.

A new very low energy formula diet containing 1560 kJ (373 kcal) per day was employed in the treatment of 49 obese patients. The treatment, of 4 weeks duration, included aerobic physical exercise and behavioural intervention. This kind of therapy resulted in a significant decrease (P less than 0.