Energy expenditure in women and men with COPD.

Background: Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) lose weight. Successful nutritional intervention is vital, thus assessment of energy requirement is required. The aim of this study was to present an improved possibility to assess energy requirement in patients with COPD.

Predicting energy requirement with pedometer-determined physical-activity level in women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Background: In clinical practice, in the absence of objective measures, simple methods to predict energy requirement in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) needs to be evaluated. The aim of the present study was to evaluate predicted energy requirement in females with COPD using pedometer-determined physical activity level (PAL) multiplied by resting metabolic rate (RMR) equations.

Methods: Energy requirement was predicted in 18 women with COPD using pedometer-determined PAL multiplied by six different RMR equations (Harris-Benedict; Schofield; World Health Organization; Moore; Nordic Nutrition Recommendations; Nordenson).

Weight gain and increased central obesity in the early phase of Parkinson's disease.

Background & Aims: Weight loss is strongly associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) and impacts symptoms and disease progression. The aim of this study was to describe changes in body composition and to explore how body weight (BW), relates to disease progression and medication in the early phase of PD.

Methods: Participants in a prospective community-based case-control study of PD were followed-up three years after initial diagnosis.

Nutritional screening and risk factors in elderly hospitalized patients: association to clinical outcome?

The aim of this study was to test the intervalidity of three different nutrition screening tools towards a broad population of elderly hospitalized patients. The association with risk factors and mortality was investigated. This is a prospective cohort study in three medical, surgical and geriatric settings, in Denmark and Sweden.

Effect of a high-intensity functional exercise program on functional balance: preplanned subgroup analyses of a randomized controlled trial in residential care facilities.

Objectives: To evaluate whether age, sex, depression, dementia disorder, nutritional status, or level of functional balance capacity influences the effect of a high-intensity functional weight-bearing exercise program on functional balance.

Design: Preplanned subgroup analyses of a randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Nine residential care facilities.

Dietary intake and olfactory function in patients with newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease: a case-control study.

Objective: To evaluate energy and nutrient intake in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and association between olfaction and nutrient density of the diet.

Design: Baseline data from a prospective cohort study.

Subjects: Eighty-seven patients and 28 age- and sex-matched controls participated in the study.

Body composition in Swedish old people aged 65-99 years, living in residential care facilities.

It is important to evaluate body composition changes in subjects with an existing multi-system reduction in capacity, as a small decrease in fat-free mass (FFM) can cause serious impairments. The aim of the study was to describe body composition in old people living in institutions. Body composition data were collected within a study of 173 subjects with functional and cognitive impairment, aged 65-99 years, and living in residential care facilities.