Machine derived contents note: Preface -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Scientific Criteria for Defining Malnutrition -- 2. Prevalence of Disease-related Malnutrition -- 3. Causes of Disease-related Malnutrition -- 4. Consequences of Disease-related Malnutrition -- 5. Framework for Establishing an Evidence Base for Nutritional Intervention -- 6. Evidence Base for Oral Nutritional Support -- 7. Evidence Base for Enteral Tube Feeding -- 8. Combined Analysis of the Effects of Oral Nutritional Supplements and Enteral Tube Feeding -- 9. Parenteral Nutrition: a Comparison with Enteral Tube Feeding -- 10. Undertaking Clinical Nutrition Intervention Trials -- 11. An Overview and Some Future Directions -- Appendix 1. Prevalence of Disease-related Malnutrition (tables from Chapter 2) -- Appendix 2. Energy and Protein Intakes in Disease (tables from Chapter 3) -- Appendix 3. A Detailed Analysis of the Effects of Oral Nutritional Supplements in the Hospital Setting (from Chapter 6) -- Appendix 4. A Detailed Analysis of the Effects of Oral Nutritional Supplements in the Community Setting (from Chapter 6) -- Appendix 5. A Detailed Analysis of the Effects of Enteral Tube Feeding in the Hospital Setting (from Chapter 7) -- Appendix 6. A Detailed Analysis of the Effects of Enteral Tube Feeding in the Community Setting (from Chapter 7) -- References -- Glossary -- Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-810) and index
