Early identification of groups using accurate anthropometric assessments, interventional treatment, and/or preventative measures and counseling is essential to minimize the adverse effects of treatment. Physical activity and healthy eating to promote adequacy of weight in the whole population should be encouraged.
this is a relevant issue due to the increased number of childhood cancer survivors who develop obesity and chronic and metabolic complications due to inadequate food consumption. Our study may help understand, prevent, or minimize public health problems.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new pandemic that originated in China in December 2019. Cancer patients are immunosuppressed and very susceptive to acquiring infections; thus, they are at greater risk of developing more severe forms of COVID-19. People infected with COVID-19 display increased plasma levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Excessive inflammation may cause damage to the body's tissues, thereby potentially contributing to alveolar damage and the severity of COVID-19. We hypothesize that since a pro-inflammatory state may worsen COVID-19 prognosis, modulating systemic inflammation through dietary modification may be efficacious in improving the clinical sequelae of COVID-19. The aim of this review is to present current nutritional and dietary approaches in the context of inflammation with a specific focus on cancer patients with and without COVID-19. The main topics reviewed include nutrition in inflammation and immunity. A systematic literature search on Google Scholar, Medline, and PubMed databases was performed between March 22, 2020 and May 6, 2020 using the keywords "COVID-19," "coronavirus," "cancer," "inflammation," "probiotics," "vitamin D," and "nutrition prevention." Healthy dietary habits, omega-3-rich diets, probiotics use, and vitamin D supplementation, as well as obesity prevention, are likely the most efficacious preventive approaches to controlling hyperinflammation, improving immune function, and decreasing the severity of inflammatory diseases.
Introduction: Cancer patients have metabolic imbalances due to the disease, treatment and their complications. Increases in triglycerides and glucose profile and catabolism of protein have been described and are associated with inflammatory response as result of the tumor activity or necrosis. Objective: To evaluate the blood lipid, lipoproteins, glucose and albumin levels in pediatric cancer patients at diagnosis. Method: Observational cross-sectional study. The inclusion criteria were children and adolescents with newly diagnosed malignancies and blood analysis results. The exclusion criteria were: previous anticancer therapy or surgical treatment, blood sample not collected and patients who refused to participate in the study. Results: It were evaluated 81 children and adolescents with newly diagnosed malignancies. There was decrease of 56% and 41% of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglycerides (TG), 14% and 10% of albumin and glucose, and 10% and 7.6% of total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), respectively, for the patients. HDL-C showed statistical differences between solid and hematological cancer patients (p < 0.05). The means and medians of albumin, glucose, HDL-C and TG demonstrated that hematological patients are more prone to metabolic disturbances. HDL-C in this group was 24 ± 12 versus 40 ± 15mg/dl in other cancers. Conclusion: The primary result found in the present study was in HDL-C, mainly in patients with hematological and metastatic cancer. These disturbances could be associated with cancer-related acute inflammatory response.
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