Malnutrition/Obesity and Improving Outcomes

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Reber, E., Gomes, F., Vasiloglou, M. F., Schuetz, P., & Stanga, Z. (2019). Nutritional Risk Screening and Assessment. Journal of clinical medicine, 8(7), 1065.
Malnutrition is one of the risks facing the majority of populations worldwide due to poor nutritional status. The crucial roles of nutrition in promoting health and prevention of disease make it a basic necessity for life. People who are ill most often face difficulties meeting their nutritional requirement, which causes 20%-50% of patients to suffer from malnutrition. Malnutrition is, however, preventable and, in most cases, reversible with effective dietary therapy. Several methods and tools are used in the screening and assessment of an individual’s nutritional status. Some of the expected outcomes of malnutrition include obesity and being underweight. The research explores the various processes of screening and assessing the nutritional status of diverse populations.
The subject of malnutrition is prevalent among various health systems, and sufficient research has been carried out regarding the topic. The article relies on several past research findings in building its literature on the topic of nutritional risk screening and assessment. Nutrition continues to be a subject of interest due to its importance on an individual’s overall health. Increased cases of obesity around the world have made nutrition more important than ever before. The population of focus is patients across different age groups. Research indicates that malnutrition is worse in patients due to the various changes in body functioning. According to research, one in every five patients faces difficu...