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Look at the older adults in your life and what do you see? Individuals in good health? Struggling with weight perhaps? Managing chronic diseases like diabetes? What you probably don’t see is malnutrition, America’s silent epidemic among seniors. Adult malnutrition is different from other public health threats because it’s not always obvious. A recent study (continued…)
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Mention the word malnutrition and the mind likely jumps to images of starving children in third world countries. Where it probably doesn’t go is to hospitals across America where older adults are often malnourished or at high risk of becoming malnourished, a condition that significantly increases a patient’s risk of complications and even death. If (continued…)
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I remember taking my son to the pediatrician when he was very young and waiting anxiously as he was weighed and measured by Dr. Taylor. Was he growing? Is he growing enough? Measurements taken, the doctor turned to me and said my son was in the 10thpercentile for weight and height. I was horrified. “What’s (continued…)
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Growing up in Virginia, Susan Lessar enjoyed spending time with her grandparents who owned a grocery store. She often worked alongside with her grandfather, learning the business. While in high school, her grandfather had a heart attack. Fortunately, he survived. What made a lasting impression on Susan was the dietitian who convinced her grandfather to (continued…)
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Dietary fiber is a necessary part of everyone’s diet, but as we age, fiber plays an increasingly important role in not just digestive health, but overall health as well. Sometimes convincing older adults to increase their fiber intake falls on deaf ears. High fiber foods like nuts, grains, beans, and raw fruits and vegetables can (continued…)
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“It’s not what you know; it’s what you can get the athletes to do.” If this sounds like something a coach would say, you’re right. A coach did say it. However, Carl Valle, a track and field coach at Spikes Only, believes this advice isn’t just for coaches; it also applies to sports dietitians (continued…)
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As Thrive Ice Cream’s popularity has grown among dietitians, food service professionals, coaches and athletes, patients and family caregivers, and parents with special needs kids, a common question has emerged on our social media: Where can I buy Thrive Ice Cream in the 6-ounce cups? And it wasn’t easy to answer because we don’t sell Thrive (continued…)
Read MoreAs a healthcare provider, you are all too familiar with the complications that arise in acute care and long-term care facilities. C. diff, sepsis, and pneumonia are just a few that strike individuals with immune systems weakened by age and other medical conditions. C. diff is particularly problematic. In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control named C. (continued…)
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You might be eating your lunch or a snack as you read this. You might have a sandwich and chips, a salad or a chewy bagel and cream cheese. You’re probably not even thinking about what you’re doing, simply chewing, swallowing and enjoying your food. But what if you had difficulty swallowing? What if you (continued…)
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