Leah Cahill

We implemented malnutrition screening and assessment in 5 wards of Nova Scotia hospitals and found 28.5% of patients screened at hospital admission had clinical malnutrition. We need more dietitians to prevent this and to treat it. Here's the evidence: doi.org/10.1016/j.nu...

Check out our new publication, “The relationship between diet costs and dietary adequacy: A scoping review of measures and methods with a focus on cost estimation using food supply data”, led by Dr. Gabriella Luongo.

#OpenAccess 🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.tj...

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⭕️Metabolic acidosis is a common issue in advanced chronic kidney disease, often managed with alkali therapy, despite the pill burden.
Different studies have shown that 🥗dietary interventions can be beneficial in the management of metabolic acidosis.

Development of the 10-question household foodwork interactional assessment questionnaire (FIA-Q10) - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Background Public health nutrition recommendations and clinical dietary interventions emphasize eating healthy food at home, implicitly requiring household foodwork. Household foodwork is defined as t...

The 10-question Household #Foodwork Interactional Assessment Questionnaire #FIAQ10 is free for use in #nutrition studies and clinics! ✨🥗🫕🍴✔️ The paper describing the development of the FIA-Q10 is out today: ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #NourishTeam

this helped me find #nutrition folks fast - thank you!