Malnutrition

Screening, assessment, and management of malnutrition.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)
Last reviewed: 21 October 2025
NutritionGeneral PracticeGeriatricsGastroenterology

Clinical Guidelines

CKS: Adult malnutrition
National
NICE guideline [CG32]: Nutrition support for adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition
National
ACG Clinical Guideline: Malnutrition and Nutritional Recommendations in Liver Disease
Local
Consensus Statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Indicators Recommended for the Identification and Documentation of Pediatric Malnutrition (Undernutrition)
Local
ESPEN Consensus Statement: Diagnostic criteria for malnutrition
Local
ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition
Local
GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition - A consensus report from the Global Clinical Nutrition Community
Local
KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
Local
KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD: 2020 Update
Local
Malnutrition, Frailty, and Sarcopenia in Patients with Cirrhosis
Local
WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition)
Local