All healthcare professionals have a role to play in addressing malnutrition.
Malnutrition is when your body doesn’t get enough nutrients from food to function properly, grow, and stay strong. Malnutrition leads to a loss of muscle and fat and can happen at any age or body weight.
In Alberta, on admission to hospital, about:
To learn more about how we are addressing malnutrition in Alberta, see the Malnutrition Strategy.
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Nutrition screening identifies individuals who are at risk of or have malnutrition. There are a variety of screening tools available for different ages and settings.
Malnutrition can be diagnosed by a healthcare professional trained to use one of these validated tools.
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