Lipedema is a chronic progressive disease characterized by abnormal fat distribution resulting in disproportionate, painful limbs. It almost exclusively affects women, leading to considerable disability, daily functioning impairment, and psychosocial distress.
Nutrition
Diagnostic Criteria for Wasting Disease (Cachexia) in Adults
Cachexia, is a complex metabolic syndrome associated with underlying illness and characterized by loss of muscle with or without loss of fat mass. The prominent clinical feature of cachexia is weight loss in adults (corrected for fluid retention) or growth failure in children (excluding endocrine disorders). Anorexia, inflammation, insulin resistance and increased muscle protein breakdown are frequently associated with wasting disease. Wasting disease is distinct from starvation, age-related loss of muscle mass, primary depression, malabsorption and hyperthyroidism and is associated with increased morbidity.
Revised Physical Diagnostic Criteria for Osteosarcopenic Obesity (OSO)
Osteosarcopenic obesity (OSO) syndrome describes the simultaneous deterioration of bone, muscle and excess fat, resulting in reduced functionality and systemic metabolic dysregulation. The key component contributing to this may be ectopic fat in the viscera, bone and muscle.
Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS)
The Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) is a novel risk-stratification system that classifies obese individuals into 5 graded categories, based on their morbidity and health-risk profile.
Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator
BMI is body weight divided by a power of height, usually (height)2, which is said to be independent of stature. Calculations based on values for ideal body weight suggest that BMIs for normal men and women should be in the range of 18.5 to 25 kg/m2. Indeed, this range roughly corresponds to the 10th to 75th percentile values recorded from adult individuals. For infants and children, average BMI values change with age, from 13 kg/m2 at birth, to a peak of 18 at about 1 year, a nadir of 15 at about age 6 years, and then a rise to adult values during adolescence.
Diagnostic Criteria for Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder that is associated with increased likelihood of adverse outcomes including falls, fractures, physical disability and mortality.
GLIM Criteria for the Diagnosis of Malnutrition
This Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) initiative targets the priority to adopt global consensus criteria so that malnutrition prevalence, interventions, and outcomes may be compared throughout the world.
Alimentación en la Adolescencia
La adolescencia es un período de crecimiento rápido, lo que significa que requiere más energía. Crecemos de acuerdo a nuestro potencial genético, de acuerdo a la disponibilidad de nutrientes necesarios y a la actividad física.
Pirámide Nutricional
La pirámide nutricional es un método utilizado para sugerir a la población que consuma diariamente una variedad de alimentos en forma equilibrada, con la cual ayudan a mantener un peso saludable y disminuye el riesgo de enfermedades.
Alimentación en el Niño Sano
La infancia es un período de crecimiento y desarrollo: no solo aumenta el peso y la estatura, además adquiere habilidades motoras, cognitivas y sociales. Por ello necesita una adecuada cantidad de nutrientes en el momento oportuno. La demanda de nutrientes depende del metabolismo basal, el crecimiento y la actividad física (variable en cada niño).