malnutrition

ASPEN Panel Urges Providers to Learn More About Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery

Patients who have undergone bariatric surgery may experience malnutrition in the months after their weight loss ...

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Solving the Nutrition–Drug Interactions Puzzle in Transplant Patients

Many of the immunosuppressive medications used for solid-organ transplants have known interactions with nutrition ...

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Malnutrition Is Endemic to IBD, but Can Be Managed

Correcting the harms of malnutrition in inflammatory bowel disease often leads to better response to biologic ...

AUGUST 21, 2024

Care Transitions Heighten the Risk for Malnutrition and Poor Outcomes

In 2015, an older man in Fayetteville, N.C., made headlines when he called 911 in need of food.

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Sarcopenia Before Neoadjuvant Chemo Predicts Mortality in EGA Patients

Sarcopenia before neoadjuvant treatment of esophagogastric adenocarcinoma is associated with significantly higher ...

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When to Start Enteral Nutrition in Patients With GI Disease

Clinicians should consider starting enteral nutrition as soon as there is a risk for malnutrition due to inadequate ...

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Diagnosing and Understanding Malnutrition Challenges in Patients With Obesity

Patients who are experiencing malnutrition are not always underweight.

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Identifying and Managing Malnutrition Related to Liver Disease

Ensuring appropriate nutritional therapy is crucial to optimize care in patients with liver disease.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 Common GI Nutrition Myths

To kick off this year’s ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week, Carolyn Newberry, MD, discussed five of the most ...

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Scope: Talking GI Nutrition With Dr. Berkeley Limketkai

On the eve of Malnutrition Awareness Week, The Scope talks with Dr. Berkeley Limketkai, of UCLA, about the ...

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Universal Nutrition Screening Urged for COVID-19 Patients

Nutrition experts are urging providers to screen all COVID-19 patients for malnutrition, based on recent data ...

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Improving Outcomes With Early Nutrition Intervention

Emerging evidence shows that nutrition therapy can significantly improve outcomes for many hospitalized patients.

DECEMBER 2, 2020

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