OBJECTIVE Malnutrition is a common and relevant syndrome in elderly people due to its influence on quality of life. The main aim of the present study was to identify health determinants of malnutrition or risk of malnutrition. DESIGN Cross-sectional study collecting information on sociodemographic and health factors (co-morbidity, cognitive or affective problems, prescription medication use, ...

Childhood malnutrition is known to be associated with visible lightening of hair colour (hypochromotrichia). Nevertheless, no systematic investigations have been carried out to determine the biochemical basis of this change. We used an HPLC method to measure melanins in the scalp hair of thirteen Jamaican children, diagnosed as having primary malnutrition, during various stages of their treatme...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition among inpatients is highly prevalent, and has a negative impact on their clinical outcome. The Working Group for the Study of Malnutrition in Hospitals in Catalonia was created to generate consensus guidelines for the prevention and/or treatment of malnutrition in hospitals in Catalonia, Spain. AIMS The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of malnut...

AIMS Prevalence of malnutrition is a common and serious issue responsible for the morbidity and mortality rate among hospitalized patients. We aimed to provide an actual and comprehensive situation of the nutritional characteristics, nutritional support and the risk factors for malnutrition among hospitalized patients in China. METHODS We analyzed the data from nutritionDay audit 2016 in Chin...

It was aimed to investigate the effect of malnutrition with and risk in elderly individuals regards other geriatric syndromes comprehensive assessment (CGA) parameters. Patients who applied outpatient clinic between January 2019 June 2020 were included study. 460 patients examined. The divided into three groups according malnutrition, malnutrition-risk, normal nutritional status. These compared...

Malnutrition is a term which is not quite easy to define. A review in the literature will show that different workers in the field hold different views about the state of malnutrition and its cause. Most workers however hold the view that malnutrition is not caused by underfeeding alone but by the prolonged use of food in which certain-essential constituents of food are either absent or present...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is a condition most commonly arising from the inadequate consumption of nutrients necessary to maintain physiological health and is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and sarcopenia. Malnutrition occurring in the hospital setting is caused by insufficient monitoring, identification, and assessment efforts. Furthermore, the ability of...

Nerve conduction studies were conducted in 67 children to assess the effect of malnutrition on the peripheral nervous system. Significant reduction in nerve conduction velocities was demonstrated in severe protein energy malnutrition and ongoing long-term malnutrition.