Malnourishment is prevalent in hospitalized patients and associated with adverse medical outcomes. Thus, nutrition screening to identify high-risk patients is widespread. However, no single universal ...

The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitals is high. No nutritional screening tool is considered the gold standard for identifying nutritional risk. The aims of this study were to evaluate nutritional ...

This study is led by Dr. Han-Ping Shi (Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery/Department of Clinical Nutrition, Beijing Shijitan Hospital). In his daily work, Dr. Han-Ping Shi found that malnutrition ...

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Pediatric inpatients with poor nutrition are at greater risk for problems with their immune systems, physical and cognitive ...

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Summary: A new study gives hospitals overall good marks for conducting nutrition screenings within 24 hours of a patient's admission, ...

Researchers developed, implemented, and successfully tested a nutrition screener to enhance access to healthy resources for families eligible for federal food benefits. The findings were published ...

Researchers conducted a prospective, observational study to explore the impact of nutritional status prior to cancer treatment initiation and mortality risk.

The time has come for routine health care visits to include some form of dietary assessment and counseling, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published today ...

There is an increasing interest in using popular diets to manage inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. These conditions are often associated with ...

Credit: Getty Images A full nutrition assessment must be undertaken and, from there, appropriate interventions can be developed and monitored for improved health outcomes. Albumin may be informative ...