Challenges and benefits of using the HeartDiet food frequency questionnaire in cardiac rehabilitation practice.

Background And Aims: A heart-healthy diet is an important component of secondary prevention in ischemic heart disease. The Danish Health Authority recommends using the validated 19-item food frequency questionnaire HeartDiet in cardiac rehabilitation practice to assess patients' need for dietary interventions, and HeartDiet has been included in national electronic patient-reported outcome instruments for cardiac rehabilitation. This study aims to evaluate challenges and benefits of its use.

Individualised nutritional treatment increases the positive effects of a novel á la carte hospital food service concept: Results of a quasi-experimental study.

Background & Aims: One-third of hospitalised patients are at nutritional risk, and limited choice regarding meals and meal times, and inadequate nutritional support may contribute to inadequate nutritional intake during hospitalisation. The aim was to test the effect of a novel á la carte hospital food service concept as a stand-alone intervention and combined with individualised nutritional treatment.

Methods: Medical inpatients at nutritional risk were recruited for this three-arm quasi-experimental study.

Dietary interventions in cardiac rehabilitation - The gap between guidelines and clinical practice.

Background & Aims: An unhealthy diet is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD) and therefore cardiac rehabilitation (CR) should include dietary interventions. In 2007, CR became a shared responsibility between Danish hospitals and municipalities. Later, a national clinical guideline including recommendations on dietary interventions was developed to facilitate implementation of CR.

Birth weight and its relation with medical nutrition therapy in gestational diabetes.

Purpose: The cornerstone in treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is medical nutrition therapy (MNT), but the effect on birth weight is disputed. The birth weight was evaluated with respect to length of MNT and adherence to diet.

Methods: We performed a cohort study on 436 women with GDM and 254 non-diabetic women.

The Danish Cardiac Rehabilitation Database.

Aim Of Database: The Danish Cardiac Rehabilitation Database (DHRD) aims to improve the quality of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) to the benefit of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).

Study Population: Hospitalized patients with CHD with stenosis on coronary angiography treated with percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, or medication alone. Reporting is mandatory for all hospitals in Denmark delivering CR.

Effect of fruit restriction on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes--a randomized trial.

Background: Medical nutrition therapy is recognized as an important treatment option in type 2 diabetes. Most guidelines recommend eating a diet with a high intake of fiber-rich food including fruit. This is based on the many positive effects of fruit on human health.