Association between food intake and oral nutrition supplementation utilization among patients at malnutrition risk in Latin America: results from nutritionday

Abstract

Rationale: Malnutrition leads to adverse patient outcomes and high financial burden. Latin American data on hospital malnutrition, food intake and oral nutrition supplement (ONS) utilization are limited. We assessed in-hospital food intake and ONS use among hospitalized patients at risk of malnutrition at nutritionDay (nDay), a specific day every year during which hospital wards worldwide can participate in a one-day, cross-sectional audit.