Journal article
Guidance for assessment of the muscle mass phenotypic criterion for the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) diagnosis of malnutrition
Abstract
The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) provides consensus criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition that can be widely applied. The GLIM approach is based on the assessment of three phenotypic (weight loss, low body mass index, and low skeletal muscle mass) and two etiologic (low food intake and presence of disease with systemic inflammation) criteria, with diagnosis confirmed by any combination of one phenotypic and one …
Authors
Barazzoni R; Jensen GL; Correia MITD; Gonzalez MC; Higashiguchi T; Shi HP; Bischoff SC; Boirie Y; Carrasco F; Cruz-Jentoft A
Journal
Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 1425–1433
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.clnu.2022.02.001
ISSN
0261-5614