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Malnutrition
Malnutrition can occur when a person's body is not getting enough nutrients. It can result from an inadequate or unbalanced diet, digestive difficulties, absorption problems, or other medical conditions.
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Reviewed December 2011
7 Resources Found
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| Title: | Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease-related malnutrition in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Ill people often have a poor appetite or feel sick due to treatments and eat less than usual. If this reduced food intake is prolonged, it can cause weight loss, malnutrition and death. Healthcare professionals may offer advice to encourage good eating ... |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Malnutrition |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Malnutrition is a condition in which an individual has insufficient energy to maintain their body's essential functions, including growth, maintenance and movement. It can be caused by inadequate energy intake, or inadequate absoprtion of energy by the body. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Supplementary vitamin E, selenium, cysteine and riboflavin for preventing kwashiorkor in preschool children in developing countries |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Undernutrition is one of the leading underlying causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Providing antioxidants that would help curb excess free radicals in the body may help prevent the development of kwashiorkor. We identif... |
| Title: | Enteral feeding methods for nutritional management in patients with head and neck cancers being treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients with cancer of the head and neck are at risk of malnutrition during radiotherapy treatment due to the side effects of this treatment and they may need tube feeding to meet their nutritional needs. Tube feeding can either be delivered via a naso... |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Title: | Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Much emphasis is placed on the importance of good diet, usually in relation to concern about the health risks of obesity. However it has been generally agreed that the risk of undernutrition rather than overnutrition is the main cause for concern in eld... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Title: | Undernutrition in the community |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | A balanced diet is important to maintain good health. Although people's energy needs change as they get older, they can still get all the goodness they need from food. There is usually no need to take a lot of supplements unless you are on a very restricted diet. |
| Date: | Oct 2001 |
| Title: | Undernutrition in the community |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Patients who are undernourished may benefit from dietary modifications, including eating foods with a high energy and protein content. A varied diet including all food groups should ensure adequate intakes of vitamins and minerals. |
| Date: | Oct 2001 |
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