NUTRITION
MALNUTRITION
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Question
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How many percent of the people hospitalized face malnutrition?
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20%
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65%
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70%
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40%
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Malnutrition prevalence in the hospital (acute) setting has been widely documented in the literature to be between 20% and 50%, depending on the patient population and definition and criteria used for diagnosis [1, 54, 55].
Detailed explanation-2: -Malnourishment in children (stunting, wasting and underweight) under 5 years has reduced as per NHFS-5 (2019-21) from 38.4% to 35.5%, 21.0% to 19.3% and 35.8% to 32.1% respectively as compared to NHFS-4 (2015-16). Malnutrition among women aged 15-49 years has also reduced from 22.9% to 18.7%.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is estimated that almost 50 percent of older Americans are malnourished.
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