Press Release: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics : Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Promotes Tool to Help Diagnose Malnutrition in Hospitalized Adults

Chicago, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Estimates suggest that 25% to 50% of hospitalized patients have malnutrition, which is a serious health condition that can decrease a person's quality of life and increase a person's risk of death. Many of these patients went undiagnosed because health care providers had no universally accepted tool to check, until now.