Respiratory function and the obesity paradox.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The current review provides an update on secreted factors and mechanisms that promote a thermogenic program in beige adipocytes, and their potential roles as therapeutic targets to fight obesity. RECENT FINDINGS:We outline recent studies revealing unrecognized mechanisms controlling beige adipocyte p...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： McQueen AE,Koliwad SK,Wang JC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine is a non-essential amino acid in mammals as judged from nitrogen balance study. Citrulline is synthesized from glutamate in the small intestine, whilst kidneys and some other tissues convert citrulline to arginine. Ornithine transcarbamylase and carbamylphosphate synthetase are expressed in liver and small in...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Wakabayashi Y

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular signalling pathways controlling muscle protein synthesis and proteolysis are potential targets for anabolic/anti-catabolic therapy. In this review, we consider both the potentiation of the effect of anabolic hormones and suppression of the catabolic action of cytokines. Potential candidates, in parti...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Palmer RM,Thompson MG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the domains in which computerized information systems have proven beneficial in facilitating the metabolic and nutritional management RECENT FINDINGS:In glucose control, computerized insulin algorithms have proven safer and more efficient than manual systems, reducing workload, time to targ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Berger MM,Que YA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Intradialytic nutritional support has been used for more than 30 years both in critically ill patients with acute renal failure and during maintenance hemodialysis. Present knowledge allows better estimation of its metabolic and nutritional efficacy, as well its effect on patient outcome. RECENT FIND...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Cano NJ,Leverve XM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The intake of water and electrolytes is inseparable from the ingestion of nutrients by normal or artificial means. Recent reports have agreed in criticizing the poor standards of practice and of training in the management of fluid and electrolyte balance, resulting in a large amount of avoidable morbi...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Allison SP,Lobo DN

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:L-Arginine is the precursor for nitric oxide synthesis. In the brain, nitric oxide acts as a neurotransmitter; in the immune system, nitric oxide acts as a mediator of host defense; in the cardiovascular system, nitric oxide mediates the protective effects of the intact endothelium, acting as an endog...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Böger RH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Fructose malabsorption is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms. This review examines new findings on the physiology, assessment and therapy of fructose malabsorption in functional gastrointestinal disorders. RECENT FINDINGS:Additional GLUT transport mechanisms that regulate fructose absorption m...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Putkonen L,Yao CK,Gibson PR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Objective and subjective methods are used to assess nutritional status. They are used as diagnostic, prognostic and response tools. It is still controversial which of them is more suitable for each situation and what they are really assessing. The most recent findings about these methods will be discu...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Barbosa-Silva MC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There is increasing clinical and pathophysiological evidence that a premature aging process is involved in the pathogenesis of systemic complications of many chronic organ diseases, which result in analogous phenotypes, including premature vascular aging, osteoporosis and muscle wasting. Novel develop...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Kooman JP,Shiels PG,Stenvinkel P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Vascular function is recognized as an early and integrative marker of cardiovascular disease. While there is consistent evidence that the quantity of dietary fat has significant effects on vascular function, the differential effects of individual fatty acids is less clear. This review summarizes recen...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Lovegrove JA,Griffin BA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids play an extraordinary range of roles in normal and deranged metabolism. In diabetes and obesity, lipids have often been seen just as impacting on the energy balance equation. New data are extending our understanding of how lipid subclasses influence carbohydrate and lipid metabolism at multiple control points: ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Storlien LH,Hulbert AJ,Else PL

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Improving our understanding of factors driving fat gain in young children should increase our ability to manage the rising problem of obesity. Accordingly, studies associating timing of adiposity rebound with later obesity are reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS:Investigations in many countries have confirmed ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Taylor RW,Grant AM,Goulding A,Williams SM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the liver epidemic of our time. Diet strongly influences its development and should be a component of any treatment plan. It is crucial to standardize diet recommendations in an evidence-based manner. RECENT FINDINGS:Calorie restriction per se seems benefic...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Carvalhana S,Machado MV,Cortez-Pinto H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize recent conceptual frameworks and empirical findings addressing the role of prenatal stress and stress biology in the context of fetal programming of metabolic function and obesity risk. RECENT FINDINGS:The link between stress exposure and adverse health outcomes is well established. Grow...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Entringer S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Intestinal transplantation is the alternative treatment in patients with irreversible intestinal failure, who depend on long-term parenteral nutrition. Nutrition management after intestinal transplantation should contribute to reducing the risk of graft rejection, to improving gut trophicity and shoul...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Colomb V,Goulet O

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The gastrointestinal tract plays an important role in the maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance, and its diseases cause disturbances in that balance. Conversely, fluid and electrolyte disorders may disturb gastrointestinal function. The purpose of this review is to highlight some recent literat...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Macafee DA,Allison SP,Lobo DN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Poor vitamin K nutrition has recently been linked to several chronic diseases associated with abnormal calcification, which affect many elderly. To understand the impact of vitamin K nutrition on healthy aging it is necessary to assess both the determinants and the adequacy of vitamin K nutritional st...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Booth SL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Skeletal muscle metabolic energy, needed to maintain contractile activity, is mainly obtained from glucose and long-chain fatty acids. Recent studies have revealed a remarkable parallel between the regulation of uptake of glucose and fatty acids by muscle, in that each is mediated by sarcolemmal trans...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Glatz JF,Bonen A,Luiken JJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The increase in obesity in developed societies drives interest in the interplay of energy intake, metabolic energy expenditure, and body energy stores. A better understanding of energy management in physically active and undernourished humans should help guide strategies to manage obesity safely and e...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Hoyt RW,Friedl KE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The mortality and morbidity associated with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remain high. A summary of recent studies that are of interest to clinicians treating children with SAM is provided. RECENT FINDINGS:Three important themes emerged in 2015: the use of anthropometry in the diagnosis of SAM and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Nel ED

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There are concerns about the rising incidence of obesity in children and their acceptance of healthy foods. Many factors affect children's food acceptance, the most salient are those enabling early exposure to culturally appropriate foods in the weaning or pre-weaning period. Parents, however, have al...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Harris G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:With the increasing incidence of obesity today, related complications such as diabetes, insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis are also becoming major concerns. Since these conditions share a common factor, aberrations in lipid metabolism, understanding the molecular changes that lead to abnormal li...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Sampath H,Ntambi JM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article provides an overview of the most recent molecular and clinical outcomes of studies that investigate the effect of weight loss and calorie restriction on carbohydrate metabolism, obtained either by dieting or bariatric surgery. It will focus on aspects of carbohydrate metabolism related to...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Manco M,Mingrone G

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of the present review is to evaluate the most recent evidence for a role of antioxidant nutrients in the prevention or delay in progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of visual impairment and blindness in the aging population. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent human stu...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Johnson EJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the recent advances in our understanding of fatty acids and lipids in paediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and their future implications. RECENT FINDINGS:Data have been accumulated to suggest that ceramides are the main drivers of hepatic insulin resistance in NAFLD, and in...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Mann JP,Feldstein AE,Nobili V

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essentially, there have not been any outstanding recent developments in nutritional assessment techniques. However, it would appear that the acceptance that there is no absolute gold standard for nutritional assessment has led to the development of disease specific and clinically relevant subjective global type-assess...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Downs JH,Haffejee A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide clinical investigators with an understanding of factors to consider when wishing to add cytokine and inflammatory marker measurements to their studies. RECENT FINDINGS:Inflammation involves complex and coordinated responses of the immune system to tissue damage. In the absence of tools to ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Zhou X,Fragala MS,McElhaney JE,Kuchel GA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Congestive heart failure is increasing in prevalence and represents a major public health problem. The syndrome of advanced heart failure often includes muscle wasting, commonly termed cardiac cachexia, which is a predictor of poor outcome. Mechanisms of cardiac cachexia are poorly understood, but the...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Delafontaine P,Akao M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The inflammatory response is essential in the response to pathogens. TNF-alpha, IL-1 and IL-6 are key mediators of the response. They initiate metabolic changes to provide nutrients for the immune system, from host tissues. These changes include hyperlipidemia and increased gluconeogenesis. Insulin re...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Grimble RF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00