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PubMed1999

For a healthful lifestyle: promoting cooperation among nutrition professionals and physical activity professionals. American College of Sports Medicine, the American Dietetic Association, International Food Information Council.

This survey underscores how receptive nutrition and physical activity professionals are to the message of linking nutrition and physical activity for health. Perceived obstacles to helping consumers achieve this link can be better overcome through the combined and collaborative efforts of persons involved in these professions. The good news is the information does not have to be created; professionals simply need to be made aware of existing resources. Partnerships among interested organizations such as ADA, ACSM, and IFIC can help further this effort and help all groups achieve the common goal of helping consumers adopt more healthful lifestyles. Similar partnerships among professionals in each discipline can occur at state and local levels as well.

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PubMed1999

Women's Health and Nutrition Position of Dietitians of Canada and The American Dietetic Association.

Within the past ten years, women's health has evolved to a much broader paradigm, beyond reproductive issues. From a physiological perspective, women's health now refers to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of conditions or diseases that may be unique to women, be more prevalent in women, or manifest differently in women than in men. Women's health encompasses emotional, social, cultural, spiritual, and physical well-being. It is determined by the social, political, and economic context of women's lives. Nutrition is involved in the etiology or treatment of half of the ten leading causes of death in women. The incidence of osteoporosis and extremes in body weight are approaching epidemic proportions in women. This position paper reviews the following health problems in relation to women: cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis, weight, and diabetes mellitus. Dietetics professionals are in the perfect position to understand the issues surrounding women's health in order to deliver a message to women that will allow them to make wise decisions about their health. Nutrition is a critical component of risk reduction and treatment, and must be included in clinical and preventive services for women. Dietetics professionals must work to increase their knowledge about women's health issues, to promote health and education programs, to influence policy makers, to deliver the highest-quality medical nutrition therapy, and to be proactive in documenting the effectiveness of outcomes-based research.

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PubMed2000

Position of Dietitians of Canada and the American Dietetic Association: Nutrition intervention in the care of persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) targets the immune system, making an infected person susceptible to infection and neoplasm because of an impaired ability to mount an adequate immune response. Malnutrition and its complications can further render an HIV-infected person susceptible to opportunistic infection, reduce effectiveness of and increase tolerance to medications and other therapies. Though effective antiretroviral treatments have dramatically reduced death rates in Canada and the United States, HIV-infected individuals are faced with a lifetime of vigilant polypharmacy to control HIV and associated complications. Malnutrition, various forms of tissue wasting, fat accumulation, increased lipid levels, and risk of additional chronic disease have become central issues in health care plans. Nutrition evaluation and medical nutrition therapy (MNT) should be an integral part of the ongoing health care of persons with HIV disease to address these multiple factors that can contribute to health decline. Medical nutrition therapy involves both the assessment and appropriate treatments to maintain and optimize nutritional status. Nutrient-based treatment may include diet therapy, counseling, or the use of supplemental nutrition (oral, enteral, and/or parenteral delivery of nutrients). Symptoms that threaten nutritional status may require both dietary and medication interventions. Metabolic alterations that result in malnutrition may require additional therapies to achieve optimal nutritional status such as hormonal and inflammatory modulation.

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