Regardless Of Their Pathology, 3 Out Of 4 Hospital Patients Suffer From Malnutrition

A study of 817 patients conducted in the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology at the University of Granada (UGR), in collaboration with the Unit of Nutrition and Dietetics at the hospital Virgen de las Nieves (Granada, Spain) of 817 patients, showed that 75% of hospitalised patients suffer from malnutrition regardless of their pathology. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Nutrition / Diet on October 25th, 2007