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Disease-related malnutrition : an evidence-based approach to treatment /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stratton, Rebecca J.
Other Authors: Green, Ceri J., Elia, Marinos
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2003]
Subjects:
Nutrition Disorders > therapy.
Enteral Nutrition.
Table of Contents:
  • Scientific criteria for defining malnutrition
  • Prevalence of disease-related malnutrition
  • Causes of disease-related malnutrition
  • Consequences of disease-related malnutrition
  • Framework of establishing an evidence base for nutritional intervention
  • Evidence base for oral nutritional support
  • Evidence base for enteral tube feeding
  • Undertaking clinical nutrition intervention trials
  • An overview and some future directions