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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• B. WOOD, D.
• LO, L.
• J. CLEARY, C
• BONTOFT, J.
• KELLEHER, D.
• BURNS, E.
• THIEN, C

Titel

NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN HOSPITAL INPATIENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES

Ist Teil von

• Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1985-08, Vol.15 (4), p.435-441

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1985

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• : 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.