Article: The nutritional benefits of exercise: resistance exercise added to oral supplements may boost net muscle protein balance.(RENAL NUTRITION UPDATE)

EXERCISE IS an important though often overlooked component to improving nutrition-related outcomes, especially for those with CKD. According to the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) clinical practice guidelines for managing dyslipidemia in CKD, exercise has a number of beneficial effects and should be encouraged (Am J Kidney Dis. 2003;41[4 Suppl 3]: S1-S91). Reinforcing that message, K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for CVD in dialysis patients advise that "all dialysis patients should be counseled and regularly encouraged by nephrology and dialysis staff to increase their level of physical activity" (Am J Kidney Dis. 2005; ...

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