Episode 75 Greater attention needs to be paid to malnutrition in the sick and elderly

As many as half of all patients admitted to hospital and other healthcare facilities are malnourished and this can have dire consequences. This is the conclusion of a review article by researchers from Uppsala University and the University of Gothenburg published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In this episode I discuss how we often fail to recognise and understand malnutrition in the west and how this has a huge affect on older people.

Article here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240712124111.htm

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