Severe protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) predisposes affected children to various infections, which either worsens their nutritional status or causes malnutrition, hence complicating their management and outcome. This study was carried out to determine the infections associated with severe malnutrition among children admitted at Kilifi District Hospital (KDH) in Kenya and Muhimbili National Hos...

OBJECTIVE Nationwide prevalence studies on malnutrition in hospitalised children have not been done. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition of all newly admitted children in The Netherlands during 3 consecutive days. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Paediatric wards of 44 hospitals (7 academic and 37 general). PARTICIPANTS A total of 424 children age...

Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Kenya. However, there is scarce information on the nutritional status of cancer patients to guide in decision making. The present study sought to assess the risk of malnutrition, and factors associated with malnutrition and cachexia, among cancer out-patients, with the aim of informing nutrition programmes for cancer management in Kenya and beyond. ...

Malnutrition as undernutrition, overnutrition, or an imbalance of specific nutrients, can be found in all countries and in both community and hospital settings around the world. The prevalence of malnutrition is unacceptably high in all settings and affects children, adolescents, pregnant women, and sick and older adults. Malnutrition has multiple underlying issues (food insecurity, chronic and...

Background. Malnutrition in hospitalized patients is underdiagnosed, with 30 to 60% of patients admitted being malnourished. The objective of this study was to investigate the nutritional status of patients in a general surgery ward and to define the correlation between the risk of malnutrition and the hospital course and clinical outcome. Study design. The study group included 100 consecutive ...

Forty years ago, there were preliminary reports pointing out that malnutrition is not only seen in persons living in poor socioeconomic conditions, but it can also be observed in patients admitted to hospitals or living in the community associated to an underlying disease [1]. Many disorders can cause a deterioration of nutritional status. Neurological diseases can be associated with malnutriti...

INTRODUCTION The incidence of cancer is increasing worldwide and with it the prevalence of malnutrition, which is responsible for the death of almost 20% of cancer patients. The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with malnutrition in hospitalized cancer patients. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted with 277 hospitalized patients in the Institute of Integrative ...

XEROPHTHALMIA and malnutrition are worldwide problems, and their relationships to each other are of special interest. It is the purpose of this paper to show that: (1) Xerophthalmia occurs not uncommonly in the Republic of South Africa. Previous reports of xerophthalmia in the Republic of South Africa are few. Kark (1943) and Klenerman (1950) stated that xerophthalmia infrequently accompanies p...

OBJECTIVES Although the presence of dysphagia is a key determinant of nutritional status among older adults, few studies have focused on the association between malnutrition and dysphagia risk in community-dwelling frail older adults. This study estimated the prevalence of malnutrition and quantified the association between malnutrition and dysphagia risk among community-dwelling older Japanese...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of malnutrition risk and its association with socioeconomic, behavioral, and health characteristics in the community-dwelling elderly. METHODS A cross-sectional study with individuals aged ≥ 60 years. Nutritional status was evaluated using the Mini Nutritional Assessment. Socioeconomic, behavioral, and health information was also ...