Nutrition Education Programs for Adults with Neurological Diseases Are Lacking: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: The nutrition recommendation for most common neurological diseases is to follow national dietary guidelines. This is to mitigate malnutrition, reduce the risk of diet-related diseases, and to help manage some common symptoms, including constipation. Nutrition education programs can support people in adhering to guidelines; hence the aim of this scoping review was to explore what programs have been implemented for adults with neurological diseases. We conducted this review according to a published a priori protocol. From 2555 articles screened, 13 were included (dementia n = 6; multiple sclerosis n = 4; stroke survivors n = 2; Parkinson's n = 1). There were no programs for epilepsy, Huntington's, and motor neurone disease. Program duration and number of sessions varied widely; howeve

SUBMITTER: Russell RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9030740 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature