Intestinal ultrasound at diagnosis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease compared to endoscopy.

Objectives: Intestinal ultrasound (IU) has emerged as an alternative to detect bowel wall inflammation. The aim of this study was to compare IU findings to clinical disease, fecal calprotectin (FC), and endoscopic findings in newly diagnosed pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients.

Methods: This study was a 1-year, single-center, prospective study.

Prescribing Portraits to Optimize Prescribing of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Long-Term Care: PPI-T STOP Study.

Background: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most commonly prescribed medications in Canada, particularly for older adults (at least 65 years of age). Overprescribing of long-term PPIs leads to health care system waste and is associated with adverse effects, including infections and fractures. The high prevalence of PPI prescribing in long-term care (LTC) facilities prompted an evaluation of systematic approaches to PPI deprescribing.

Gastrointestinal tolerance of D-allulose in children: an acute, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study.

D-Allulose, a low-calorie sugar, provides an attractive alternative to added sugars in food and beverage products. There is however limited data on its gastrointestinal (GI) tolerance, with only two studies in adults, and no studies in children to date. We therefore performed an acute, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross over study designed to determine, for the first time, the GI tolerance of 2 doses of D-allulose (2.

A Dietary Model of Partial Meat Replacement with Walnuts Demonstrates Changes in the Nutrient Profile and Quality of the United States Population's Diet.

The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of partial meat replacement with walnuts using a dose-escalation approach on nutrient intake and diet quality in the usual US diet. Food modeling was implemented using the nationally representative 2015-2018 National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES), with a focus on non-nut consumers, which included 2707 children and adolescents and 5190 adults. Walnuts replaced meat in a dose-escalating manner (0.