The use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is widespread both in healthy subjects and
patients, but suffers from a lack of standardized method and quality control procedures. BIA …

BACKGROUND: There is some controversy about whether all adults receiving healthcare
should be routinely screened for nutritional problems. METHODS: (i) A systematic review …

BACKGROUND:: There have been few systematic reviews and no meta-analyses of the
clinical benefits of nutritional support in patients with, or at risk of developing, pressure ulcers. …

The ‘malnutrition universal screening tool’ (‘MUST’) for adults has been developed for all
health care settings and patient groups, but ease of use and agreement with other published …

Aim: To provide guidelines for nutrition risk screening applicable to different settings (community,
hospital, elderly) based on published and validated evidence available until June 2002…

BIA is easy, non-invasive, relatively inexpensive and can be performed in almost any subject
because it is portable. Part II of these ESPEN guidelines reports results for fat-free mass (…

Disease-related malnutrition is a global public health problem. The consequences of
disease-related malnutrition are numerous, and include shorter survival rates, lower functional …

Malnutrition and its impact on clinical outcome may be underestimated in hospitalised elderly
as many screening procedures require measurements of weight and height that cannot …

This report examines the need to screen for malnutrition in clinical practice, sets out the
criteria that need to be fulfilled, and describes the development and use of the ‘Malnutrition …

Disease-related malnutrition is common, detrimentally affecting the patient and healthcare
economy. Although use of high protein oral nutritional supplements (ONS) has been …