Determine the demographics of patients diagnosed with malnutrition using the Consensus Statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (Academy/ASPEN): Characteristics Recommended for the Identification and Documentation of Adult Malnutrition (Undernutrition), and compare to the hospitals general population. Understanding the demographics of malnourished patients allows the registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), other healthcare practitioners, and hospital leadership to be more aware of those at risk, and plan workflows, policies and interventions accordingly. Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) efforts are focused on the older adult. Studies have demonstrated that malnourished patients have a higher average length of stay (LOS), however many of these studies were conducted before the publication of the Academy/ASPEN malnutrition clinical characteristics. Reassessment of the demographics of patients diagnosed with malnutrition using the new criteria is needed. In CY 2018, the RDNs at a community hospital with an average census of 180 recorded all patients they diagnosed with malnutrition using the Academy/ASPEN malnutrition clinical characteristics. These records were reviewed and the following demographic information was obtained: age, sex, BMI and LOS. The RDNs diagnosed 961 patients with malnutrition present on admission, or 8.04% of all patients admitted in that time period (n=11,950). The average age of the malnourished patients was 69.1 years, while the total hospital population average age was 66.2 years. Sex distribution was essentially the same, with 48.9% and 48.3% male and 51.1% and 51.7% female for malnourished and the total population respectively. BMI distribution was as follows:BMI n %<19 391 40.7%19.1-25 386 40.2%25.1-30 126 13.1%30.1-35 36 3.7%35.1-40 12 1.2%>40 10 1.0% The LOS for all units (including rehab) was 6.91 and 4.96 days, and for acute care units (excluding rehab) was 6.21 and 4.25 days, for malnourished patients and the total population respectively. Similar to other studies, this data indicates that hospitalized older adults are more likely to have malnutrition, and average LOS is substantially greater in the malnourished population. As expected, a large percentage of patients had a low or normal BMI; however 184 patients (19.1%) were classified as overweight or obese.