Dunne Annette
Cardiff, Wales.
Br J Community Nurs. 2007 Nov;12(11):494-9. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2007.12.11.27480.
There is an important relationship between positive nutritional status, dietary intake and a healthy population. Lifelong adoption of healthy eating patterns is essential for life and can help reduce the risk of development of many illnesses. Malnutrition remains very prevalent in both developed and developing countries despite ongoing awareness campaigns. The consequences of malnutrition are broad-ranging and ultimately impact on quality of life, increase length of stay in hospital and overall; increase the risk of unsuccessful outcomes of treatment. The management of malnutrition requires using appropriate screening tools to identify malnutrition and access to a registered dietician-who are the experts in nutrition-who will provide dietary advice to improve dietary intake through conventional dietary means and if unsuccessful through artificial supplementation. Failure to acknowledge the risks of malnutrition can seriously impact on morbidity and mortality rates.
良好的营养状况、饮食摄入与健康人群之间存在着重要的关系。终身采用健康的饮食模式对生活至关重要，并且有助于降低多种疾病发生的风险。尽管一直在开展宣传活动，但营养不良在发达国家和发展中国家仍然非常普遍。营养不良的后果广泛，最终会影响生活质量，延长住院时间，总体上还会增加治疗结果不佳的风险。营养不良的管理需要使用适当的筛查工具来识别营养不良，并要咨询注册营养师（他们是营养方面的专家），营养师会通过传统饮食方式提供饮食建议以改善饮食摄入，如果传统方式不成功则通过人工补充。忽视营养不良的风险会严重影响发病率和死亡率。
