Senior man sitting quietly at a kitchen table looking uninterested in his meal

How to Detect Hidden Signs of Malnutrition

Those of us who live in first-world countries rarely think of malnutrition as a condition that affects us. Yet you might be surprised to learn that it is rampant in hospitals, with between 20 and 50 percent of patients being malnourished upon admission. And for those patients who do enter hospitals well-fed, a third become…