Recognizing Malnutrition in Patients with Digestive Diseases

About the Course

Join AGA for this upcoming event in our Gastro Bites series — virtual webinars with leading experts. 

Malnutrition is common but frequently underrecognized in patients with digestive diseases. In honor of Malnutrition Awareness Week, this special AGA Gastro Bites session is presented in collaboration with the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). The webinar will provide practical strategies for identifying malnutrition across a range of GI conditions. Expert faculty will review key malnutrition risk factors and screening, assessment, and management approaches to improve recognition in clinical gastroenterology practice.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize key risk factors, clinical features, and GI conditions associated with increased risk of malnutrition.
2. Integrate appropriate screening and assessment strategies to identify malnutrition in patients with digestive diseases to determine when nutrition intervention is warranted.
3. Describe basic nutrition intervention approaches for the patient who meets malnutrition diagnostic criteria.