Catering in a large hospital - Does serving from a buffet system meet the patients' needs?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 666-669

  Hansen, Marie Feldskov ^a   Nielsen, Michael Allerup ^a   Biltz, Camilla ^a   Seidelin, Winni ^a   Almdal, Thomas ^b,c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buffet serving; Hospital catering; Nutritional risk; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 49949088853     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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