Protein-enriched familiar foods and drinks improve protein intake of hospitalized older patients: A randomized controlled trial

• Published in: Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 1186 - 1192
• Main Authors: Beelen, Janne, Vasse, Emmelyne, Janssen, Nancy, Janse, André, de Roos, Nicole M., de Groot, Lisette C.P.G.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Afdeling Humane voeding; beverages; body weight; breakfast; Chair Nutrition and Disease; Chair Nutrition and Health over the Lifecourse; energy; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Geriatrics; Global Nutrition; HNE Nutrition and Disease; HNE Nutrition and Health over the Lifecourse; HNE Voeding en Gezondheid in de Levenscyclus; HNE Voeding en Ziekte; Hospital; hospitals; Human Nutrition; Human Nutrition & Health; Human Nutrition (HNE); Humane Voeding; Humane Voeding & Gezondheid; lunch; malnutrition; Nutrition and Disease; Older adults; patients; protein content; Protein intake; Protein-enriched foods; randomized clinical trials; Randomized controlled trial; t-test; VLAG; Voeding en Ziekte; Wereldvoeding; Hospital; Older adults; Protein intake; Randomized controlled trial; Protein-enriched foods; Geriatrics

Adequate protein intake is important in preventing and treating undernutrition. Hospitalized older patients are recommended to consume 1.2–1.5 g of protein per kg body weight per day (g/kg/d) but most of them fail to do so. Therefore, we investigated whether a range of newly developed protein-enrich...