Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from February 1997

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from February 1997

Expanding roles for dietitians working with persons with developmental disabilities.
February 1, 1997... As we approach the year 2000, dietetics professionals will be working with persons with developmental disabilities in almost every facet of dietetics practice. This phenomenal change, which has occurred over the past 40 years, reflects the change...

Lack of effect of sleep on energy expenditure and physiologic measures in critically ill burn patients.
February 1, 1997... Designing effective regimens of nutrition support for patients with burns is often a difficult task because of the complex nature of their injury and the dearth of knowledge about precise energy and substrate requirements. This knowledge is...

Cross-validation of prediction equations for resting energy expenditure in young, healthy children.
February 1, 1997... The World Health Organization (WHO) defines energy requirements as the amount of energy intake needed to acquire and maintain body size and composition (1). This definition applies to healthy persons, makes provision for growth in children, and...

Development and evaluation of computer-based system for dietary management of hyperlipidemia.
February 1, 1997... Nearly half of adult Americans have total plasma cholesterol values exceeding the desirable limit of 5.2 mmol/L(1) established in the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines for dietary and drug treatment of hyperlipidemia (1). Although...