The science that interprets the way nutrients and other substances in food affect maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease. ...

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Tobias Strunk TS MD, PhD, FRACP Head, Neonatal Health tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a Consultant Neonatologist with a clinical research focus on infection and inflammation in newborn ...

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This paper discusses the new nutrition science paradigm, priorities and challenges for the next decade in Australia. ...

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• 2017
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School-based nutrition education (NE) has an important role in promoting healthy eating habits and helping prevent chronic diseases – particularly among disadvantaged children and youth who are more likely to experience poor diet quality.  ...

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Improving nutrition and physical activity is a global health priority. Within Cochrane’s new production model, Thematic Groups (TG) with specialist content and review methods expertise have been established. The purpose of TGs is to support the development and dissemination of high-quality evidence syntheses on priority issues. ...

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Susan Prescott SL MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Honorary Research Fellow susan.prescott@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Research Fellow Susan Prescott is a Professor of Paediatrics in the School of Medicine at the University of Western Australia. She is a ...

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We surveyed 2200 potentially eligible titles on PubMed and other common search engines for manuscripts on “exercise, nutrition, and diabetes” published between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. This year's articles tended to focus on testing new applications for exercise management, including new insulin treatment approaches, wearables, and new smartphone applications. ...

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Nutrition is one of the most easily modifiable environmental factors during early life that may play a role in allergic disease prevention. ...

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When to start and how much parenteral (intravenous nutrition) is best for the health, growth and development of very preterm, late preterm and sick term infants is being determined. These infants are unable to feed orally due to severe illness or ...

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There is limited information regarding the use of parenteral nutrition (PN) in term and late preterm infants. We conducted a survey to study the current clinical practices within Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). A 15-question online-survey was distributed to 232 neonatologists and 55 paediatric intensivists across ANZ between September and November 2019. ...

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Recent studies in very premature infants (<32 weeks gestation) have shown that early commencement of parenteral nutrition immediately after birth improves physical growth. However, there are concerns that early use of very high dose of amino-acids (>3.5 g/kg/day immediately after birth) may cause metabolic acidosis, elevated blood urea, slower head growth and refeeding-hypophosphatemia syndrome. A recent multicentre randomized controlled trial found that commencement of parenteral nutrition within 24-h of admission increases the risk of infections and prolongs the duration of ventilation and ICU stay in full-term neonates, older infants and children. The study also found that delaying to day 8 of admission increased the risk of hypoglycaemia. ...

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Gina Heather Trapp Croll GT HC BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD BHSc ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Program Coordinator 0410 589 374 08 6319 1469 Gina.Trapp@telethonkids.org.au Heather.McKee@telethonkids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & ...

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