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ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition by T. Cederholm; R. Barazzoni; P. Austin; P. Ballmer; G. Biolo; S.C. Bischoff; C. Compher; I. Correia; T. Higashiguchi; M. Holst; G.L. Jensen; A. Malone; M. Muscaritoli; I. Nyulasi; M. Pirlich; E. Rothenberg; K. Schindler; S.M. Schneider; M.A.E. de van der Schueren; C. Sieber; L. Valentini; J.C. Yu; A. Van Gossum; P. Singer is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
## Background: A lack of agreement on definitions and terminology used for nutrition-related concepts and procedures limits the development of clinical nutrition practice and research. ## Objective: This initiative aimed to reach a consensus for terminology for core nutritional concepts and procedures. ## Methods: The european society of clinical nutrition and metabolism (espen) appointed a consensus group of clinical scientists to perform a modified delphi process that encompassed e-mail communication, face-to-face meetings, in-group ballots and an electronic espen membership delphi round. ## Results: Five key areas related to clinical nutrition were identified: concepts; procedures; organisation; delivery; and products. one core concept of clinical nutrition is malnutrition/undernutrition, which includes disease-related malnutrition (drm) with (eq. cachexia) and without inflammation, and malnutrition/undernutrition without disease, e.g. hunger-related malnutrition. over-nutrition (overweight and obesity) is another core concept. sarcopenia and frailty were agreed to be separate conditions often associated with malnutrition. examples of nutritional procedures identified include sc
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- Author
- T. Cederholm; R. Barazzoni; P. Austin; P. Ballmer; G. Biolo; S.C. Bischoff; C. Compher; I. Correia; T. Higashiguchi; M. Holst; G.L. Jensen; A. Malone; M. Muscaritoli; I. Nyulasi; M. Pirlich; E. Rothenberg; K. Schindler; S.M. Schneider; M.A.E. de van der Schueren; C. Sieber; L. Valentini; J.C. Yu; A. Van Gossum; P. Singer
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)