Malnutrition: Causes, Prevention and Treatment

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘malnutrition’? Many of us associate it with starvation, poverty and unhealthily low body weight – stereotypes that have bee....

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘malnutrition’? Many of us associate it with starvation, poverty and unhealthily...

Why Overweight People Can Still Be Malnourished

The concept of malnutrition has been almost irrevocably linked to poverty and famine. Fed by a diet of charity commercials and solemn-faced news coverage, most Australians h....

The concept of malnutrition has been almost irrevocably linked to poverty and famine. Fed by a diet of charity commercials...

Dysphagia: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments

Do you know what dysphagia is? Up to 22% of the general population is affected by dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), but many Australians have never even heard of persisten....

Do you know what dysphagia is? Up to 22% of the general population is affected by dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), but...

How Dysphagia Can Cause Malnutrition

Here’s something you probably didn’t know: an estimated one million Australians have swallowing difficulties, also known as dysphagia. Despite advances in clinical care....

Here’s something you probably didn’t know: an estimated one million Australians have swallowing difficulties, also known as dysphagia. Despite advances...

Dysphagia-Induced Dehydration: Causes, Symptoms and Impacts

Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) is common among patients in hospitals and residents in aged care homes, and is associated with a number of medical conditions, including maln....

Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) is common among patients in hospitals and residents in aged care homes, and is associated with a...

The Role of Nutrition in Wound Healing

When a person becomes hospitalised or affected by chronic health conditions like pressure sores, their nutritional health becomes the responsibility of the people who are look....

When a person becomes hospitalised or affected by chronic health conditions like pressure sores, their nutritional health becomes the responsibility...

The Complete Guide to Texture Modified Diets

If you arrived at this page because you Googled ‘what exactly is a texture modified diet?’, you’re not alone. Texture modified diets can be difficult to understand. I....

If you arrived at this page because you Googled ‘what exactly is a texture modified diet?’, you’re not alone. Texture...

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