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NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN HOSPITAL INPATIENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
Author(s) -
B. WOOD D.,
LO L.,
J. CLEARY C,
BONTOFT J.,
KELLEHER D.,
BURNS E.,
THIEN C
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1985.tb02766.x
Subject(s) - marasmus , medicine , malnutrition , overweight , protein–energy malnutrition , population , obesity , kwashiorkor , environmental health , pediatrics , gerontology
In a population of 473 inpatients, a profile of nutritional status from obesity to marasmickwashiokor was observed. Thirty–two per cent of the population were overweight or obese (n = 153), forty–five per cent were of normal weight (n = 211), 8% were at risk of protein–energy malnutrition (n = 39), and 15% (n = 70) had grades of protein–energy malnutrition from marasmus to marasmic–kwashiokor. The implications for improved nutritional support services for hospitalised patients are discussed.