Publications by authors named "Pallavi Shettigar"
: Culinary medicine (CM), an emerging discipline, is a novel approach that focuses on the art of food and cooking to prevent or improve health outcomes among chronic patients suffering from lifestyle diseases. The concept originated in the USA, gaining interest from scholars in medicine, nutrition, nursing, and the gastronomic discipline. Notably, in the last five years, there has been exponential growth in CM literature.
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- HIV infection and poor nutrition create a harmful cycle that increases immunodeficiency and malnutrition, which prompted a study in Udupi to examine how nutritional counseling affects HIV patients' knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP).
- The study involved 66 participants split into an experimental group receiving personalized nutritional counseling and a control group, measuring changes in their KAP over one month.
- Results showed a significant improvement in the KAP scores of the experimental group compared to the control group, highlighting the need for integrating nutrition education into HIV management due to its impact on patients' nutritional status and CD4 counts.
Context: Nutrition plays a vital role in the quality of life in postmenopausal women.
Aim: The aim is to determine the dietary intake, physical activity, and assess the body mass index (BMI) among postmenopausal women.
Settings And Design: A community-based sample survey.