nutritional disorders
Nutrition in Clinical Medicine
Introduction
Nutritional deficiencies can often worsen health outcomes (whether a disorder is present or not), and some disorders (eg, Overview of Malabsorption ) can cause nutritional deficiencies. Also, many patients (eg, older patients during acute hospitalization) have unsuspected nutritional deficiencies that require treatment. Many medical centers have multidisciplinary nutrition support teams of physicians, nurses, dietitians, and pharmacists to help the clinician prevent, diagnose, and treat occult nutritional deficiencies. Overnutrition may contribute to chronic disorders, such as cancer, Hypertension , 