Stanford Childrens

APRIL 24, 2023

For 12 hours each day, she was hooked up to parenteral nutrition , or TPN, which delivers liquid nutrients through a central line or semipermanent IV. Not being able to enjoy food and having to live on TPN were what motivated the 18-year-old and her parents to go forward with an extremely rare operation—a second intestinal transplant.

Nutrition 114

Nutrition Immune system Conditioning Wellness 114

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 1, 2024

Most of them spend their lives in a limited state because their health condition impacts everything—school, activity, their ability to be with friends,” she says. Most of them are completely dependent on IV nutrition. “There aren’t a lot of resources for these kids, and they’re really impacted,” she says.

Immune system 139

Immune system Conditioning Health Nutrition 139

PLT4M

MARCH 4, 2024

For example, nutrition education shouldn’t give a one-size-fits-all prescriptive solution on eating and healthy habits. Students navigate nutrition based on a wide variety of factors including family, culture, socioeconomics and more. This is a sample from chapter 1 of PLT4M’s nutrition lesson plans unit.

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Health Education Health Education Education 64