Proposed Global Consensus for Malnutrition Diagnosis Criteria

The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM), comprised of ASPEN, ESPEN, FELANPE and PENSA, released a Consensus Report from the Global Clinical Nutrition Community. The report proposes a global consensus construct for diagnosing malnutrition in adults in clinical settings. The recommended two-step approach starts first with screening to identify “at risk” status using validated screening tools, followed by assessment to diagnose and grade the severity of malnutrition. 

For more malnutrition-related information see the PEN Malnutrition Knowledge Pathway. In addition, to learn more about how the:

• Canadian Malnutrition Task Force is preventing, detecting and treating malnutrition in Canadians, visit: http://nutritioncareincanada.ca/ 
• U.K. Malnutrition Task Force is addressing avoidable and preventable malnutrition in older people, visit: http://www.malnutritiontaskforce.org.uk