The federal government has tracked and analyzed this data for the past three decades, but it plans to stop after publishing statistics pertaining to 2024 data.

BMI was never meant as the sole measure for a person’s health. When we use BMI with an individual patient, it can often ...

In 1977, the Field Foundation sent teams of doctors into poverty stricken areas to assess the nutritional status of residents. Although there were still many people facing economic hardship, the ...

Malnutrition is highly prevalent among patients with chronic liver disease and is nearly universal among patients awaiting liver transplantation. Malnutrition in patients with cirrhosis leads to ...

States are rushing to inform some residents who rely on food stamps that they will soon be forced to meet work requirements ...

RFK Jr. gave all organizations in charge of medical education standards two weeks to include nutrition in licensing exams and residency requirements.

Watch welcomed the progress of Senate Bill No. 1213 or the Wastong Nutrisyon sa Ospital Act, which was read on First Reading ...

Groundbreaking new tests reveal patterns in our immune systems that can signal underlying disease and tell us how well we ...

Advocacy group Universal Healthcare (UHC) Watch warned that patient lives are at stake in the country’s hospitals amid the lack of a standardized nutrition care process (NCP) as it welcomed ...

Nutritional status is an important factor influencing human health and the progression of diseases. With the development of precision medicine and ...

Health care providers now recognize that determining treatment intensity requires careful evaluation of multiple patient factors beyond chronological age, including physiologic function, social ...