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Prevalence of Malnutrition in Adults
A UK wide nutrition screening survey was carried out by the British
Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN)11
in order to establish the current prevalence of malnutrition risk on admission to different care settings.
Results of the 2008 survey based on MUST
*
risk scores are as
follows:
*
risk scores are as
follows:Care Setting |
All ages | > 65 years |
|---|---|---|
Hospital |
28% |
32% |
Care Home |
42% |
42% |
Mental Health units |
20% |
27% |
In 2007 BAPEN12
estimated that there were 3 million people malnourished in the UK, 93% of whom are in the community.
This represents 5% of the population and this incidence increases to 14% for those over 65 years of
age.
* MUST refers to Malnutrition
Universal
Screening Tool.
refers to Malnutrition
Universal
Screening Tool.