Malnutrition Resources for Consumers

Malnutrition occurs when the body doesn’t get the proper amount of nutrients and calories needed to stay healthy.  It can occur in both adults and children. Malnutrition can result from not having enough to eat or not being able to eat or process food normally due to certain diseases or health conditions and their treatments. Being malnourished can affect how you feel, how you recover from surgery, and how long you may be in the hospital. People with malnutrition often need additional sources of nutrition including oral supplements or enteral or parenteral nutrition.

Below are resources to help consumers identify and understand malnutrition as well as tips for talking to healthcare providers.

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Ask About Your Nutrition – Children
Web Resource 01.2018
Topics Include: Malnutrition, Pediatrics
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Ask About Your Nutrition – Adults
Web Resource 01.2018
Topics Include: Malnutrition, Adults
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A Consumer Guide for Cancer Patients: Tube Feeding and Head and Neck Cancer
File Download 01.2022
Topics Include: Enteral nutrition, Oncology

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A Consumer Guide for Cancer Patients
File Download 01.2021
Topics Include: Malnutrition, Oncology
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A Consumer Guide for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
File Download 01.2021
Topics Include: Malnutrition, Pulmonary disease
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A Consumer Guide for Older Adults
File Download 01.2021
Topics Include: Malnutrition, Older adults
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How to Spot and Talk About Symptoms That Could Mean You’re Malnourished
File Download 01.2019
Topics Include: Malnutrition, Adults
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Oral Nutrition Supplements
File Download 01.2022
Topics Include: Malnutrition
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Am I Malnourished? A Patient’s Guide to Talking About Nutrition with Their Doctor
Video, 9:35 09.2018
Topics Include: Malnutrition
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