Dr. Pratt hoped to encourage rest, optimal nutrition and fresh air (the primary treatments then used in tuberculosis sanatoria) through classes and home visits.

The convergence of the dietary patterns revealed by these data and our current understanding of optimal nutrition based on world-wide epidemiological studies and clinical trials.

Caloric restriction with optimal nutrition has not been tested in comparison to caloric excess with optimal nutrition.

At that time the term "orthomolecular medicine" was almost unknown in Australia, having been coined by Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling to describe the treatment of disease through optimal nutrition.

Several means can be employed in reaching this end, including trends towards regular exercise, dieting, increased hygiene, drugs, and an emphasis on optimal nutrition.

Even so, many people believe these levels are not high enough for optimal nutrition, which deals more with vitamin C's antioxidant properties than with prevention of a deficiency.

Mothers of children aged 24--59 months years did not receive assistance to ensure that the children received optimal nutrition.

Paxson and Case theorize a person genetically programmed to be 6'4" who reaches only 6'2" because of poor nutrition is not necessarily smarter than someone who with optimal nutrition has reached his full height potential of 5'4".

Pregnant, nursing and postpartum women are strongly encouraged to seek the medical advice of their obstetrician, primary care physician, registered dietitian, or midwife regarding optimal nutrition during pregnancy and after birth.

Alongside the optimal nutrition balance of breast milk comes the immune protection that babies need to prevent different infections.