THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION SUPPORT FOR LONG-TERM HEALTH CONDITIONS
When this happens, your healthcare professional (e.g. GP or nurse or dietitian) may mention malnutrition. Malnutrition is where you aren’t able to get the right nutrients from the food that you eat.1 This can leave you feeling tired, weak and affect your ability to recover from illness or injury2. For children, malnutrition can also have an impact on their growth and development.3,4 For adults, long-term health conditions can also lead to muscles becoming weaker, which can make it harder to recover when we get ill and can also impact the body’s response to treatment and recovery.5-7
If you, your child, or a loved one is living with a long-term illness, your healthcare professional may offer nutritional support. For more information about how nutritional support can help your condition or for more information on the type of support you may be offered, visit one of below
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NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
Information and guidance about nutrition and nutritional support for parents or carers of children living with a disease or long-term health condition.
Information and guidance on nutrition and nutritional support for adults living with a disease or long-term health condition.
If you have digestive issues, such as sickness or diarrhoea, use our simple symptom tracker to log any symptoms you might experience so that you can talk to your GP about these at your next appointment.
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Find out more about how your healthcare professional might assess you or your child for malnutrition.
References
1. NHS, 2023, Malnutrition. Available online: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/malnutrition/ Last accessed January 2024
2. NHS Inform, 2023. Malnutrition. Available online: https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/nutritional/malnutrition/#:~:text=loss%20of%20appetite %20and%20lack,showering%2C%20getting%20dressed%20or%20cooking Last accessed February 2024
3. Martins V et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2011;8(6):1817–1846.
4. Tette E et al. BMC Pediatr 2015;15:189
5. Argiles JM et al. JAMDA 2016;17:789-796
6. Wolfe RR Am J Clin Nutr 2006;84:475-82
7. Cespedes Feliciano E et al. Proc Nutr Soc 2018;77(4):382:382
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