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This webinar was chosen as a platform for selected researchers to expound on their notable, cutting edge publications from 2020-2021 relating to the screening, assessment and diagnosis of malnutrition within the adult and pediatric populations. It will also serve as a method for audience members to correspond with the authors on how these publications may be applicable to their practice.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the utilization and benefit of nutrition care pathways for patients from hospital to the community, as well as from primary care to the community as they relate to malnutrition.
Demonstrate methods for diagnosing malnutrition and nutritional status among hospitalized adults, and any related medical outcomes.
List tools utilized in pediatric patients for nutrition screening, assessing and diagnosing of malnutrition.
Schlegel Research Chair, Nutrition and Aging, Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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