Malnutrition, poor food intake, and adverse healthcare outcomes in non-critically ill obese acute care hospital patients

摘要

Background & aims: Obesity, defined as a BMI >= 30 kg/m(2), has demonstrated protective associations with mortality in some diseases. However, recent evidence demonstrates that poor nutritional status in critically ill obese patients confounds this relationship. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate if poor nutritional status, poor food intake and adverse health-related outcomes have a demonstrated association in non-critically ill obese acute care hospital patients.