NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN HOSPITAL INPATIENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 15 (4) , 435-441
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1985.tb02766.x
Abstract
In a population of 473 inpatients, a profile of nutritional status from obesity to marasmickwashiokor was observed. Thirty–two per cent of the population were overweight or obese (n = 153), forty–five per cent were of normal weight (n = 211), 8% were at risk of protein–energy malnutrition (n = 39), and 15% (n = 70) had grades of protein–energy malnutrition from marasmus to marasmic–kwashiokor. The implications for improved nutritional support services for hospitalised patients are discussed.Keywords
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