Nutritional practice and late evening snack in cirrhotic patients at Hanoi Medical university hospital, 2020
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This study was aimed to describe the nuttrition practice of patients with liver cirrhosis at Ha Noi Medical University Hospital in 2020. The cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among 40 cirrhotic patients from December 2019 to April 2020. Results showed that 22.5% patients had a late-evening snack, but energy and nutrients did not meet the recommended requirements in late-evening snack. Mean energy was 140.4 Kcal, protein and glucid of the late-evening snack were 5.09 ± 2.53g and 19.1g, respectively. The rate of patients with recommended daily intakes of food was low (27.5%). The percentage of patients had good practice in alcohol restriction was 67.5%; appropriate nutrition practices for consumption of 4-6 meals/day was 27.5%.
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Nutritional practice, late-evening snack, cirrhosis, Ha Noi Medical University Hospital.
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