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    Development, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of an evidence-based risk management program for refeeding syndrome in critically ill patients receiving nutritional support: a sequential multiphase study

    • Xue-er Wang
    • Xiao Zhang
    • Juan Ding

    Background Refeeding syndrome (RFS) is a potentially life-threatening metabolic complication in critically ill patients receiving nutritional support. Despite its clinical importance in the ICU, standardized risk management strategies for RFS remain...

    24 October 2026 Open access
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    Insufficient dietary intake and symptom burden are associated with early nutritional decline in hospitalized patients with cancer

    • Camilla Horn Soares
    • Larissa Farinha Maffini
    • Thais Steemburgo

    Purpose To assess energy and protein intake relative to nutritional prescriptions in hospitalized patients with cancer and examine associations with appetite, nutrition-related symptoms, cancer-related factors, and changes in body weight (BW),...

    23 October 2026 Open access
  3. Article

    Exploring a positive screen for eating disorders among 7,993 elite sport pupils in Sweden and its association with everyday food practices, demographics, and sports

    • Ida Davidsson
    • Agneta Hörnell
    • Magnus Ferry

    Background Eating disorders can seriously affect athletes’ health and athletic performance. Negative consequences may also arise from suboptimal food practices and barriers in everyday life causing inadequate energy intake. Despite research about...

    23 October 2026 Open access
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    Unprocessed vs. ultra-processed food intake and major neurocognitive disorder (MNCD) among older adults: insights from the second phase of the Birjand longitudinal aging study

    • Armita Pak
    • Akam Ramezani
    • Farshad Sharifi

    Background Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrially formulated products containing various additives, and their potential relationship with cognitive health has raised increasing concern, particularly among older adults. This study examined the...

    23 October 2026 Open access
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    A prospective cohort study of dietary intake and clinical–nutritional biomarkers in patients with periampullary malignancies undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy in Southeast Brazil

    • Marco Aurélio Ribeiro
    • José Sebastião Dos Santos
    • Anderson Marliere Navarro

    Purpose Patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy for periampullary malignancies are at high nutritional risk. The aim was to characterize longitudinal changes in reported dietary intake, clinical–nutritional biomarkers, and inflammatory–nutritional...

    21 October 2026 Open access
  6. Article

    Dietary inflammatory index in relation to metabolic health status, serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and adropin in Iranian adults

    • Zahra Moradmand
    • Farnaz Shahdadian
    • Parvane Saneei

    There was little evidence for the association of dietary inflammatory index (DII) and metabolic health status, and no evidence on DII and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and adropin. Thus, this study assessed the association between DII and...

    20 October 2026 Open access
  7. Article

    Food insecurity in the development of metabolic diseases

    • Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
    • Sonia Hernández-Cordero
    • Vania Lara-Mejía

    This Review discusses the current evidence on the relationship between food insecurity, obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and identifies potential interventions to mitigate the effect of food insecurity on these...

    20 October 2026
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    Early enteral nutrition with mothers’ own milk, donor human milk, or a combination of both on neonatal feeding milestones: a cross-sectional study

    • Lyssa Lamport
    • Hamed Samavat
    • Jane Ziegler

    Objective To evaluate the association between early enteral nutrition (EN) with mothers’ own milk (MOM), donor human milk (DHM), or a combination on time to human milk (HM) fortification, time to full EN, and parenteral nutrition (PN) duration....

    19 October 2026 Open access
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