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Morbid Obesity and Nutrition Support: Is Bigger Different?
Author(s) -
Choban Patricia S.,
Dickerson Roland N.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0115426505020004480
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , body mass index , morbidly obese , morbid obesity , population , disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , environmental health , weight loss
Morbid obesity (body mass index >40 kg/m 2 or >35 kg/m 2 in the presence of an severe‐obesity‐related comorbid disease) is increasing in frequency in the United States and worldwide. This population has a variety of medical and surgical disorders that result in hospitalizations. It is not unexpected to encounter these patients on the nutrition support service. The obesity comorbid diseases that may increase complications related to nutrition support are present in greater frequency and severity in the morbidly obese population than in the nonobese population. To reduce these potential complications, strategies of hypocaloric nutrition have been advocated for obese patients, and this study focuses specifically on the morbidly obese subset.