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Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 108
Published: 12 September 2013
10.1159/000351481
EISBN: 978-3-318-02457-9
... Abstract Associations between the consumption of particular foods and health outcomes may be indicated by observational studies. However, intervention trials that evaluate the health benefits of foods provide the strongest evidence to support dietary recommendations for health. Thus...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 99
Published: 29 May 2024
10.1159/000534958
EISBN: 978-3-318-07336-2
... to interact, from e-mail to the current instant messengers and recently the social media. To potentialize the benefits and reduce the challenges of digital health, the combination of digital tools (like artificial intelligence) with better nutrition, healthcare strategies for children, and integrated health...
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Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 107
Published: 29 April 2013
10.1159/000345746
EISBN: 978-3-318-02325-1
... Abstract At different stages of life, probiotics can provide health benefits to the consumer. Certain benefits, such as reduction in allergy, are typical for infants. Modulation of immune function and maintenance of the intestinal microbiota are mainly beneficial during infancy/childhood...
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Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 121
Published: 01 December 2020
10.1159/000507524
EISBN: 978-3-318-06698-2
... rather than to achieve optimal health. Health benefits have been identified at levels that are above these recommended amounts and effects that contribute to the reduction of the risk of chronic diseases mostly require higher intakes than what is feasible through the normal diet. The burden of chronic...
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Series: Forum of Nutrition
Volume: 60
Published: 17 August 2007
10.1159/000107196
EISBN: 978-3-318-01499-0
... of efficacy is a phase III clinical trial, ethicalconsiderations as well as expense preclude the use of clinical trials as screening tools for probiotics.Therefore, biomarkers have to be employed to identify strains with probiotic utility,and to define the different positive health benefits of existing...
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Series: Medicine and Sport Science
Volume: 52
Published: 05 June 2008
10.1159/000134298
EISBN: 978-3-8055-8490-6
...: The slow, rhythmic pace offunctionally based exercises, internal organ stimulation, flexibility maintenance, balancetrainingeffects, and general health benefits of TCC and Tai Chi-like exercise practice haveclinical relevance for both conditions. Falls prevention, tremor reduction and motor controlmay...
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Series: Monographs in Oral Science
Volume: 31
Published: 19 July 2023
10.1159/000530565
EISBN: 978-3-318-07166-5
... a decrease in caries prevalence. A reduction in the daily consumption of sugars provides general and oral health benefits. Therefore, the intake of sugars should be as low as possible in the context of a nutritionally balanced diet. Introduction The etymology of the word diet is from the Greek word...
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Series: Current Problems in Dermatology
Volume: 55
Published: 29 November 2021
10.1159/000517642
EISBN: 978-3-318-06608-1
... Abstract While UV radiation is a skin carcinogen, this should not obscure the growing evidence that sunlight has significant health benefits, including impacts on cardiovascular and metabolic health. Epidemiological and mechanistic evidences for the importance of different wavelengths...
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Series: Medicine and Sport Science
Volume: 52
Published: 05 June 2008
10.1159/000134296
EISBN: 978-3-8055-8490-6
... Abstract Activity participation has a positive impact on both quantity and quality of life (QOL).Regular participations in physical, social, and cultural activities are associated with successfulaging. There is considerable evidence that Tai Chi has positive health benefits; physical...
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Series: Progress in Respiratory Research
Volume: 42
Published: 13 March 2015
10.1159/000369370
EISBN: 978-3-318-02657-3
... A carcinogen. The health benefits of smoke-free legislation have been observed all over the world and corroborate the predictions from known health effects of exposure to SHS and seem to be even greater than expected. A further side effect of smoke-free legislation is a major contribution...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 93
Published: 26 February 2020
10.1159/000503348
EISBN: 978-3-318-06649-4
... diet started in early childhood confers a lasting health benefit. On the other hand, a vegan diet can be potentially critical for young children with risks of inadequate supply in terms of protein quality and energy as well as long-chain fatty acids, iron, zinc, vitamin D, iodine, calcium...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 100
Published: 17 December 2024
10.1159/000540138
EISBN: 978-3-318-07346-1
... of supplementation of the mother’s diet in those with a low nutritional status. For infants, early gut microbiome development is supported by human milk components (including oligosaccharides) and the reported health benefits are of growing interest and offer potential areas for future developments. Yet...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 84
Published: 18 January 2016
10.1159/000436992
EISBN: 978-3-318-05599-3
... therapeutic strategies' with a low risk of medical error. The health care industry may also benefit from this approach by designing clinical trials based on appropriate patient stratification. Here, recent advances in the field of stratified medicine are highlighted in the context of our efforts to integrate...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 96
Published: 30 June 2022
10.1159/000519384
EISBN: 978-3-318-07015-6
... outcomes (NEC and LOS) with limited longer-term outcomes. Strategies maximizing early maternal breast milk (MOM) exposure and duration of MOM use are key given global health benefits of MOM, but few feeding trials use these as outcomes. Current data support colostrum receipt, early introduction...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 94
Published: 09 June 2020
10.1159/000505030
EISBN: 978-3-318-06685-2
... Abstract Breastfeeding confers the infant short- and long-term health benefits and significantly modulates the developing infant gut microbiome. A specific human milk microbiome has relatively recently been discovered, but its origin remains poorly understood. Data from experimental...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 67
Published: 15 February 2011
10.1159/000325572
EISBN: 978-3-8055-9587-2
... be used for production of bioactive substances present in low concentrations in human milk but absent from bovine milk with proven effect on nutrient utilization or other health benefits. For formulas containing novel ingredients with potent biological activities produced with new techniques...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 64
Published: 25 August 2009
10.1159/000235792
EISBN: 978-3-8055-9168-3
... surveillance and epidemiological studies are important targets. Currently there are specific strains which have demonstrated beneficial in vitro properties and clinically proven health benefits. Such specific probiotics have been included in recommendations on pediatric nutrition. The model is the microbiota...