The prevalence of hypophosphatemia and refeeding-related hypophosphatemia in hospitalized patients requiring parental nutrition: a retrospective study.

Objective: Hypophosphatemia might cause respiratory and heart failure and even death. We aimed to evaluate risk factors for hypophosphatemia and refeeding-related hypophosphatemia in patients requiring parental nutrition (PN).

Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective study.

Metabolically healthy obesity is associated with longitudinal changes in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in Chinese adults.

Purpose: Whether metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) is associated with longitudinal changes in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) remains unclear.

Methods: MHO was defined as participants with overweight and obesity (BMI ≥ 24.0 kg/m, n = 2921), free of history of metabolic diseases, and without abnormalities of blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c, lipid profile, carotid artery and liver ultrasonographic findings at baseline.

The role of dietary factors in inflammatory bowel diseases: New perspectives.

The current review aimed to elucidate the role of diet in every stage of inflammatory bowel diseases, from aspects of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. Western diet, characterized by overconsumption of refined sugar and saturated fat and low consumption of dietary fiber, may partly be blamed for its pathogenesis. Some immune-modulated nutrients (fibers, monounsaturated fatty acids, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin D) exert their potential beneficial effects on gut microbiota and immune function, resulting in clinical remission and/or preventing relapse.

Glutamine-supplemented parenteral nutrition and probiotics in four adult autoimmune enteropathy patients.

To evaluate the effects of glutamine-supplemented parenteral nutrition (PN) and probiotics in adult autoimmune enteropathy (AIE) patients. Four adult AIE patients were identified from April 2006 to January 2012. Clinical and nutritional data were obtained from the patients' medical records.

Supplementation with probiotics modifies gut flora and attenuates liver fat accumulation in rat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease model.

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between gut probiotic flora and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a diet-induced rat model, and to compare the effects of two different probiotic strains on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into 4 groups for 12 weeks: control (standard rat chow), model (fat-rich diet), Lactobacillus (fat-rich diet plus Lactobacillus acidophilus), and Bifidobacterium (fat-rich diet plus Bifidobacterium longum) groups. Probiotics were provided to rats in drinking water (10(10)/ml).

Carbohydrate-to-fat ratio affects food intake and body weight in Wistar rats.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of carbohydrate-to-fat ratio on body weight and appetite regulation in Wistar rats. Twenty-four Wistar rats were randomized to three dietary groups (n = 8): normal carbohydrate diet (NC), low-carbohydrate diet (LC) and high-carbohydrate diet (HC) for 12 weeks. Body weight and food intake were recorded.

Diet intervention on obese children with hypertension in China.

Background: Obesity has made obesity-related diseases a worldwide problem. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of diet-oriented intervention on obese children with hypertension in China and to determine the relationship between anthropometric indexes and hypertension.

Methods: A total of 469 obese children, aged 6 to 18 years, were evaluated between January 2001 and December 2005; 184 of them were diagnosed with hypertension.

The effects of high fat on central appetite genes in Wistar rats: a microarray analysis.

Background: To evaluate the effects of high fat on central appetite regulatory genes in Wistar rats by microarray.

Methods: Sixteen male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to control (15% energy from fat) and high-fat (60% energy from fat) diets for 12 weeks. Body weight and food intake were recorded.

[The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its related risk factors in 1180 school children in Shanghai].

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its related risk factors in children in Shanghai.

Methods: A total of 1180 students aged 6 to 14 years (9.0+/-1.