Sentences with phrase «protein and calorie malnutrition»

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Even though these women were not fasting, this study shows that minimal levels of body fat, combined with long - term calorie deficits, and possible mild protein malnutrition can result in marked hormonal disruptions.

More important, each mother leaves with pouches of a calorie - and protein - dense paste of nuts and milk, the ready - to - use therapeutic food (RUTF) that has transformed the treatment of malnutrition.

The shift toward a diet higher in calories and richer in protein could lift many in hunger - stricken regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, China and Mongolia above the malnutrition line.

Primary hypothyroidism in an adult patient with protein - calorie malnutrition: a study of its mechanism and the effect of amino acid deficiency.

Even though these women were not fasting, this study shows that minimal levels of body fat, combined with long - term calorie deficits, and possible mild protein malnutrition can result in marked hormonal disruptions.

III: Changes in protein - calorie malnutrition associated with 30 days of hospitalization with and without enteral nutritional therapy.

As such, insufficient protein or calorie intake results in protein malnutrition, which causes muscle wasting, and eventually can lead to the breakdown of organs, and tissues.

My point is that there is irrefutable epidemiological and nutritional survey evidence showing American seniors suffer in statistically significant numbers from protein calorie malnutrition and that this deficiency contributes to muscle atrophy and asthenia (weakness) and that this loss of strength results in an inability to perform activities of daily living that diminish quality of life.