title: Hungry in hospital.
abstract: Earlier this year, the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales produced a disturbing report claiming that some patients, particularly elderly patients, are 'starving' when they are in hospital. This edited extract from the report highlights some of the problem areas.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D014852:Wales