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This series of strength-related resources can help you learn more about the role nutrition can play in building and maintaining muscle, as well as how best to rebuild muscle when it’s lost. Feel free to explore the content below and visit often; we update this page regularly.
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Value of Nutrition Intervention and HMB Supplementation​

In this video, you'll learn about nutrition interventions to support muscle health including the latest evidence and clinical trials related to

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​​Malnutrition and Muscle: Tools for Early Screening​

​​In this video, you’ll learn about nutrition screening tools, poor outcomes associated with malnutrition, and how to apply surrogate markers of muscle mass in practice.​

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Nutrition Beyond Protein: New Strategies to Improve Muscle Outcomes

In this 3:06 minute video from the 41st ESPEN Congress on clinical nutrition and metabolism (Krakow, Poland, 2019) Dr Nicolaas Deutz discusses new nutrition strategies beyond protein to improve muscle outcomes in patients.

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Impact of Nutrition and Muscle in Aging and Polymorbidity

Watch this 3:39 minute video of Prof Philipp Schuetz, MD, from the 41st ESPEN Congress on clinical nutrition and metabolism held in Krakow, Poland in 2019. Dr Schuetz addresses the impact of polymorbidity on outcomes and the impact of new research from the EFFORT trial on the role of early nutrition intervention in improving outcomes including survival.

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Measuring Muscle Strength and Function in Clinical Practice

In this 3:16 minute video from the 41st ESPEN Congress on clinical nutrition and metabolism (Krakow, Poland, 2019) Francesco Landi, MD, PhD, discusses methods for measuring muscle strength and function in clinical practice by using recent guidelines.

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Nutrition: Focus on Protein and HMB

Watch this 3:48 minute video of Suzette Pereira, PhD, from the 41st ESPEN Congress on clinical nutrition and metabolism held in Krakow, Poland in 2019. Dr Pereira highlights the role of skeletal muscle mass, the importance of identifying muscle loss early in patients, and the impact of protein and HMB as nutritional solutions.

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Consequences of Muscle Loss in Different Disease States

Watch this 3:33 minute video of Prof Philip J Atherton, from the 41st ESPEN Congress on clinical nutrition and metabolism held in Krakow, Poland in 2019. Prof Atherton discusses co-morbidities associated with muscle loss, mechanisms of muscle deterioration and the nutritional needs of patients to help combat loss of muscle.

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Insights into New Clinical Evidence & Measurement Tools

In this 3:07-minute video from the 41st ESPEN Congress on Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (Krakow, Poland, 2019), Carla Prado, PhD, RD, explains why clinicians should measure muscle mass; reviews clinical evidence to support the value of measuring muscle and body composition; and discusses various tools available to measure body composition.

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Nutrition Interventions in Action: From Policy to Practice​

This video will review pathways to care that have a positive impact on patients' health and economic outcomes.​

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Evaluation of Nutritional Support and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Malnutrition

In this 15-minute podcast, Nina Kaegi-Braun, MD, shares the results of a cohort study.

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The Importance of Muscle Mass and HMB During Illness

In this 25:00-minute podcast episode, Dr Suzette Pereira discusses how muscle mass can impact the health status and outcomes of severely ill patients, and how ingredients like HMB can support recovery.

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The EFFORT Trial and Evidence-Based Medical Nutrition

In this 24:00-minute podcast episode, Prof Philipp Schütz, reviews the results of the recent EFFORT trial and its implications in the context of Covid-19. The landmark trial was published in Lancet in 2019 and it provides much needed new evidence on the power of nutrition.

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Impact of Pandemics on Older Adults

In this 16-minute episode, Nicolaas Deutz, MD, PhD, the importance of an early and adequate approach to nutritional support over the healthcare continuum. Dr Deutz focuses on the recommendations and best practices ESPEN—the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism—recently published on the nutritional management of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Nutritional Needs of Covid-19 Patients In-Hospital and Post-Discharge

In this 16-minute episode, Nicolaas Deutz, MD, PhD, the importance of an early and adequate approach to nutritional support over the healthcare continuum. Dr Deutz focuses on the recommendations and best practices ESPEN—the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism—recently published on the nutritional management of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Preoperative and Prehabilitation Nutrition for Patients with Cancer

In this 17-minute episode, Chelsia Gillis, PhD, RD, discusses surgical prehabilitation in oncology patients; reviews what's new in terms of concepts for evidence for prehabilitation, especially for frail Patients; and explains risk-stratified and targeted prehabilitation care.

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Muscle Matters: Finding and Diagnosing Sarcopenia

This infographic explains the F-A-C-S algorithm, which can help healthcare providers diagnose sarcopenia and promote early intervention.

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Muscle Matters: Finding and Diagnosing Sarcopenia

This infographic displays the 4 steps of the EWDSOP2 clinical algorithm used to help find and diagnose cases of sarcopenia.