Food production and wastage in relation to nutritional intake in a general district hospital - Wastage is not reduced by training the staff

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-51

  Almdal, T ^a,b   Viggers, L ^a,c   Beck, A M ^a,d   Jensen, K ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Research   (Denmark)

^d DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Hospital catering; Malnutrition; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 0037320639     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2002.0590     Document Type: Article

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