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WHY AND HOW TO ASSESS PATIENTS MUSCLE FUNCTION OR SCREEN PATIENTS’ RISK OF MUSCLE LOSS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, AND WHICH NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS COULD HELP

In this short video, Kayennat Toofany, an Independent Dietitian, outlines some of the key reasons for assessing patients muscle function. Ms. Toofany describes some of the useful tools available for screening patients in routine clinical practice and discusses the limitations of BMI as an indicator of patients’ nutritional status. She concludes with a brief overview of the nutritional interventions that can help preserve muscle.

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