Clinical Nutrition, Supplements and Food Engineering
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 121
Special Issue Editor
Interests: clinical nutrition; diet; malnutrition; gut microbiota; nutritional support
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In cancer patients, malnutrition and sarcopenia are frequent and associated with a reduction in the cancer therapy response, repeated and/or prolonged hospitalizations, increased toxicity, impaired quality of life, and poorer overall survival, as well as a waste of healthcare resources. Disease-related malnutrition and/or muscle wasting is often exacerbated by a reduction in protein intake, dysphagia, an increase in catabolism, and a decrease in the level of physical activity. In this context, oral nutritional supplements or special foods, such as powder products, semi-solid, or liquid products, can help to increase oral nutritional intake in patients whose nutritional requirements (macro- and micro-nutrients) cannot be met by normal foods. Numerous studies have demonstrated the effect of malnutrition and/or sarcopenia on clinical outcomes in cancer patients, though there is still an insufficient number of studies that assess the effects of oral nutritional supplements or special foods on nutritional and clinical outcomes in cancer patients. Moreover, clinicians have been dealing with misinformation that causes patients to express doubts and fear about taking oral nutritional supplements or adopt novel dietary rules during the course of oncological treatment.
For this Special Issue, we welcome original articles, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews or narrative reviews that focus on the benefits and/or harms of oral nutritional supplement use in cancer patients, with particular focus on the effects of dietary supplements or specific dietary patterns on clinical outcomes, the prevalence of oral nutritional supplement use, and compliance with novel dietary habits and their effect on patients’ nutritional status, such as muscle mass and clinical outcomes.
Dr. Pauline Raoul
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer
- sarcopenia
- malnutrition
- nutritional counseling
- protein intake, aminoacids, omega-3-fatty acids
- oral nutritional supplements
