Symposium
Nutrition in chronic respiratory disease
Clinical
Aims : This session is on the role of diet and nutrients in respiratory health. Its aims are to provide an overview of the ERS statement on COPD and nutrition, and the cost effectiveness of interventions; to describe nutritional assessment methods and the value of nutritional intervention; to review how nutritional interventions improve performance and can serve as adjuncts to pulmonary rehabilitation; to highlight the importance of nutritional support in critical illness; and to describe the impact of diet on the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease from an epidemiological perspective.
Chairs
S. Singh
Leicester (Leicestershire)
(United Kingdom)
10:45
State-of-the-art: nutrition in COPD
A. Schols(Maastricht, Netherlands)
COI
1
1943
11:15
Can nutrition improve performance in COPD?
M. Steiner(Leicester (Leicestershire), United Kingdom)
COI
2
1944
11:45
Nutrition in critically-ill patients
N. Hart(London, United Kingdom)
COI
3
1945
12:15
Cardiovascular risk and respiratory disease: the influence of diet
R. Varraso(Villejuif, France)
COI
4
1946
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