Summaries
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PHE/DH/DWP guidelineGovernment healthy eating recommendations
This summary provides government dietary advice and nutrient recommendations throughout the life course.
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Independent professional body guideline
Managing malnutrition in COPD
Advice on the risk of malnutrition in patients with COPD and managing nutrition appropriately; includes a pathway on oral nutritional supplements.
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Independent professional body guideline
BAPEN adult malnutrition guideline
A summary on the identification and management of adult malnutrition in the community. Includes the ‘MUST’ tool and a treatment algorithm.
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NICE guideline
NICE guideline: nutrition support for adults
This summary covers nutritional support for adults including oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding, and parenteral nutrition.
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Independent professional body guideline
NNNG guideline: measuring body weight
A summary that provides a step-by-step approach to ensure that adults and children (not babies) are weighed accurately.
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NICE guideline
NICE vitamin D guideline
An up-to-date summary of the recommendations set out in the NICE guideline on increasing vitamin D supplement use among groups at risk of deficiency.
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Independent professional body guideline
BAPEN Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool guideline
A useful summary of BAPEN's guidance on the use of the 'Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool' ('MUST') for adults, including a step-by-step algorithm.
