Price Of Malnutrition Goes Beyond The Billions It Costs Health Care

"You are what you eat," or so the saying goes. We use this axiom in our developed country, where obesity is often top of mind, to remind ourselves that overeating will lead to a less healthy physique. However, this saying is also true for undereating or malnutrition — and that happens in Canada, too.It may be surprising to many Canadians that malnutrition is very common in our hospitals, our health care institutions and in certain patient populations. Malnutrition begins in the community a