{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Low-Salt Diets Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients and Their Spouses: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Qian Li, Yimamujiang Aximu, Peipei Zhang","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.03.010","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.03.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148595382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Long-Term Body Mass Index Changes Following Kidney Transplantation: Predictors Over a 10-Year Follow-Up\".","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.06.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2026.06.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148475652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Message From the Council of Renal Nutrition Chair.","authors":"Ruba Jibreen","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148428491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-Energy Low-Protein Formula Plus Low-Protein Diet Improves Subjective Global Assessment-Defined Nutritional Status in Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: An Open-Label Randomized Trial.","authors":"Yi-Hsiang Su, Chia-Chun Lee, Ming-Cheng Wang, Te-Hui Kuo, Hung-Lien Wu, Chin-Chung Tseng","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.06.009","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.06.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Protein-energy wasting is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and maintaining adequate energy intake while counseling patients toward a low-protein diet remains challenging. We evaluated whether adding a kidney-specific, high-energy low-protein formula containing free amino acids, dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals to dietitian-led counseling improved nutritional status in nondialysis CKD stages 3-5.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this 6-month, single-center, open-label, largely randomized trial analyzed according to the as-treated principle, all participants received counseling toward protein intake of 0.6-0.8 g/kg ideal body weight/day and energy intake of 25-35 kcal/kg ideal body weight/day. The intervention group (n = 48) received 2 daily sachets of the study formula; controls (n = 48) received counseling alone. The primary outcome was improvement in subjective global assessment (SGA) score at 6 months, defined as an increase of at least 1 point.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The intervention group had a higher proportion of participants with SGA improvement than controls (47.9% vs. 25.0%; P = .020; odds ratio, 2.76; 95% confidence interval, 1.16-6.55). Excluding within-category transitions from SGA score 6 to 7 yielded a similar result (44.4% vs. 25.0%; P = .049). The intervention effect was greatest in participants with baseline body mass index <23 kg/m<sup>2</sup>. Nutritional profiles favored the intervention, and the between-group difference in estimated glomerular filtration rate decline slope was not significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In nondialysis CKD stages 3-5, adding a kidney-specific, high-energy low-protein formula to counseling toward low-protein diet targets was associated with improved SGA-defined nutritional status without evidence of accelerated estimated glomerular filtration rate decline over 6 months.</p>","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148407797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Nutritional Parameters Associated With Hospital Mortality in Patients With Acute Kidney Injury.","authors":"Jing Guo, Peipei Zhang","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.03.009","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.03.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148388518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Evaluation of Amino Acid Kinetics During Low-Dose Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients With Acute Kidney Injury: A Prospective Single-Center Study.","authors":"Lulu Wang, Jinying Cheng","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2025.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2025.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148388519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Estimating 24-Hour Urinary Sodium Excretion Using Spot Urine Samples in Adult Patients.","authors":"Min Zhang, Xingyi Yang","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2025.12.011","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2025.12.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148388520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor Regarding \"Structured Appetite Assessment in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease\".","authors":"Kexin Ji, Xiaozheng Duan","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.04.015","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.04.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148274491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Emerging Approach: The Use of Body Composition Measures Compared to Body Mass Index in Adult Living Kidney Donors to Assess Post Donation Outcomes.","authors":"Paul Foster, Terry Brown, Diane Rigassio Radler","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Body mass index (BMI) has long been used to screen and evaluate candidates interested in living kidney donation. This narrative review aimed to compare the use of BMI and measures of body composition on outcomes in adults undergoing living kidney donation. A literature search was completed using a combination of Medical Subject Headings terms and key words including living donors, body composition, and BMI. Based on the articles reviewed, increased visceral adiposity was associated with surgical wound complications, whereas BMI was not. Measures of visceral adiposity were associated with decreases in kidney function after donation. However, further research is needed on the clinical significance and standardization of these measures in practice and on long-term outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148274550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Feray Gençer Bingöl, Duygu Ağagündüz, Mustafa Can Bingol
{"title":"Response to Letter to the Editor: Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Renal Nutrition: The Need for Culturally Adaptive, Equity-Focused Frameworks Beyond Retrieval-Augmented Generation.","authors":"Feray Gençer Bingöl, Duygu Ağagündüz, Mustafa Can Bingol","doi":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.06.007","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jrn.2026.06.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148274476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}