Apakah Kamu Tahu????

Apakah kamu tahu perbedaan antara malnourished dan at risk malnutrition????

Mungkin informasi ini sedikit membantu teman-teman gizi dalam memahami istilah-istilah terkait dengan gizi.

Malnourished : BMI<18.5>10% within the last 3-6 months, a BMI <> 5% within the last 3-6 months.

At risk malnutrition : eaten little or nothing for more than 5 days and/or likely to eaten little or nothing for the next 5 days or longger or poor absorptive capacity, and or high nutrient losses and or increased nutritional needs from causess such as catabolism


Adobted from : Nutrition Support for Adults
Oral Nutrition Support, Enteral Tube Feeding and Parenteral Nutrition
February 2006