Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy

Staffan Bergström

Publications

• Research Article
  Undernutrition Risk, Overweight/Obesity, and Nutritional Care in Relation to Undernutrition Risk among Inpatients in Southwestern Saudi Arabia. A Hospital-Based Point Prevalence Study
  Author(s): Atika Khalaf, Vanja Berggren, Hazzaa Al-Hazzaa, Staffan Bergström and Albert WestergrenAtika Khalaf, Vanja Berggren, Hazzaa Al-Hazzaa, Staffan Bergström and Albert Westergren
  
  Background: Undernutrition is a problem in institutional care, where 20–46% of all inpatients are classified as being “at nutritional risk”. This study explores the prevalence of undernutrition risk and overweight/obesity and the targeting of nutritional care in relation to undernutrition risk among inpatients in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional, point prevalence study was carried out in a Central hospital in southwestern Saudi Arabia. The subjects were inpatients, over the age of 18 who had their nutritional status assessed. Moderate/high undernutrition risk was defined as the occurrence of at least two of: weight loss, low BMI, and/or eating difficulties. Overweight/obesity was graded by using Caucasian and Asian cut-offs for BMI. Results: Out of 219 patients 166 (76%) agree.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0509.1000104

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