Nutritional Assessment in Oncology and in School Adolescents

ISBN-13: 9786203931402 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str.

Joab Oliveira Salomão

Opis

The first chapter of the present study deals with the nutritional assessment and quality of life of patients under naturopathic treatment in a specialized clinic, where anthropometric data were evaluated as indicators of nutritional status, BMI, biochemical tests, and the use of a specific and already validated questionnaire for assessing the quality of life of oncology patients SF-36, considering treatment time, whether or not chemotherapy and radiotherapy were performed, presence or absence of metastasis, and other indicators for assessing the quality of general aspects of life and level of satisfaction reported by patients.In the second chapter, the nutritional assessment of adolescent schoolchildren is addressed, the BMI was classified, focusing on obesity, development of chronic noncommunicable diseases and possible correlation with school feeding.

O autorze

Oliveira Salomão, Joab Nutritionist by the University of the State of Minas Gerais 2006, master in immunopathology and specialist in clinical nutrition. Professor since 2008, experience in hospital clinical nutrition, nephrology and office.