title: Malnutrition: incidence, diagnosis, causes, effects and indications for nutritional support.
abstract: Various methods for the diagnosis of malnutrition, and some of the physical signs commonly associated with it, are discussed. The incidence and possible causes of malnutrition and its effects are then addressed. Finally, the indications for nutritional support, using either the enteral or the parenteral route, are examined.
authors.affiliation: Royal London NHS Hospitals Trust, UK.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Bettany
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Powell-Tuck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D018529:Nutritional Support