Defining malnutrition: A plea to rethink

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 896-901

  Soeters, P ^a   Bozzetti, F ^b   Cynober, L ^c,d   Forbes, A ^e   Shenkin, A ^f   Sobotka, L ^g  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Definition; Diagnosis; Functional disability; Inflammation; Malnutrition; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 85008690424     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.09.032     Document Type: Article

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