N utrition screening, assessment, and intervention in patients with malnutrition are key components of nutrition care (Figure 1). Nutrition screening has been defined by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) as " a process to identify an individual who is malnourished or who is at risk for malnutrition to determine if a detailed nutrition assessment is indicated...

Malnutrition is known to be very common in hospitalized and institutionalized elderly. Various studies report an incidence ranging from 33% to 67% of all patients. Recent evidence also suggests that the presence of nutritional deficiencies is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and greater use of health care resources. The problem is compounded by the lack of resources in most acute...

OBJECTIVE To assess the agreement between the results of the Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment questionnaire, adapted for children and adolescents of the Brazilian population, and the nutritional status assessment method through growth curves and the classification of the World Health Organization in a pediatric hospital service. METHODS This was an analytical, quantitative, cross-sect...

It is important to identify patients who are at risk of malnutrition upon hospital admission as malnutrition results in poor outcomes such as longer length of hospital stay, readmission, hospitalisation cost and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic validity of 3-Minute Nutrition Screening (3-MinNS) in predicting hospital outcomes in patients admitted to an acute tert...

Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the elderly and a significant cause of disability in younger people as well. Nearly 3 million Americans have some degree of impairment from strokes, at an estimated annual economic impact of 30 billion U.S. dollars (1). Seventy-five percent of all cerebrovascular accidents occur in persons above the age of 65 years, and nutritional problems are commonl...

BACKGROUND The paradigm of human risk assessment includes many variables that must be viewed collectively in order to improve human health and prevent chronic disease. The pathology of chronic diseases is complex, however, and may be influenced by exposure to environmental pollutants, a sedentary lifestyle, and poor dietary habits. Much of the emerging evidence suggests that nutrition can modul...

Nutrition assessment is an essential component of the Nutrition Care Process and Model (NCPM), as it is the initial step in developing a comprehensive evaluation of the client’s nutrition history. A comprehensive nutrition assessment requires the ability to observe, interpret, analyze, and infer data to diagnose nutrition problems. This practice paper provides insight into the process by which ...

BACKGROUND Assessment of weight and counselling on nutrition and physical activity is infrequently conducted during well child visits, despite recent expert recommendations. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether automatic calculation of body mass index (BMI) in an electronic health record improved assessment of weight and counselling on nutrition and physical activity. METHODS Retrospective rev...

OBJECTIVE Renewed focus on public health has brought about considerable interest in workforce development among public health nutrition professionals in Canada. The present article describes a situational assessment of public health nutrition practice in Canada that will be used to guide future workforce development efforts. METHODS A situational assessment is a planning approach that conside...