Background A lack of agreement on definitions and terminology used for nutrition-related
concepts and procedures limits the development of clinical nutrition practice and research …

In hospitals through Europe and worldwide, the practices regarding hospital diets are very
heterogeneous. Hospital diets are rarely prescribed by physicians, and sometimes the …

Aim: To provide guidelines for nutrition risk screening applicable to different settings
(community, hospital, elderly) based on published and validated evidence available until …

The ESPEN Guideline standard operating procedures (SOP) is based on the methodology
provided by the Association of Scientific Medical Societies of Germany (AWMF), the Scottish …

Objective Despite the high prevalence of malnutrition in the general inpatient population,
there is a lack of knowledge in regard to detecting disease-related malnutrition and …

Background Disease-related malnutrition in polymorbid medical inpatients is a highly
prevalent syndrome associated with significantly increased morbidity, disability, short-and …

Nutritional support and metabolic care are indispensable parts of patient care. Moreover,
they have paramount potential for integrating almost all disciplines of medicine through their …

Objective To provide a consensus-based minimum set of criteria for the diagnosis of
malnutrition to be applied independent of clinical setting and aetiology, and to unify …

Inflammation and related compensatory mechanisms associated with disease or injury may
cause anorexia and alterations in body composition and stress metabolism. Metabolic …

Background & aims Consensus on the definition of malnutrition has not yet been reached.
Recently, The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) proposed a …