title: Hungry for help.
abstract: While obesity is the hot topic in dietetics, malnutrition costs the NHS far more. Recent guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have addressed the problem but with the NHS strapped for cash, it is unlikely to be a high priority. Older people, especially those with long-term conditions, are vulnerable to malnutrition. Malnutrition is estimated to cost the UK pounds 73 billion a year. Malnourished people take longer to recover from illness and are more prone to complications.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dinsdale
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017281:Cost of Illness; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008403:Mass Screening; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012307:Risk Factors; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D035862:Vulnerable Populations