Nutrition Information: Health Conditions

Diet and physical activity are critically important in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Basic principles of nutritional management, however, are often poorly understood, both by both clinicians and their patients.

Diet is the most important behavioral aspect of diabetes treatment. Basic principles of nutritional management, however, are often poorly understood, both by both clinicians and their patients.

Binge eating disorder (BED) is more prevalent than either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, and is associated with numerous psychiatric and nonpsychiatric disorders. In addition, most patients report some degree of impairment in psychosocial functioning (home, work, personal life, or social life), and 19 percent report severe impairment.

The current United States culture is obsessed with weight loss. Women's magazines typically have a cover highlighting a story about weight management, dieting hints, or how to tighten specific muscle groups. Models and actors display an unattainable level of thinness. Some athletes relentlessly pursue a leaner body for performance enhancement...

INTRODUCTION — The goal of nutritional assessment in childhood is to prevent nutritional disorders and the increased morbidity and mortality that accompany them. To meet this goal, pediatric clinicians must know the risk factors for obesity and malnutrition and must understand the normal and abnormal patterns of growth and the changes in body composition during childhood and adolescence. In addition, they must be able to accurately perform and interpret the results of the nutritional evaluation.

Growth failure is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children, and is particularly common among those with Crohn's disease (CD). The causes of growth failure are complex and include the inflammatory process itself, as well as malnutrition and perhaps treatment with glucocorticoids.