{"id":5544,"date":"2017-10-24T12:31:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/vitalites\/interview-with-a-health-expert-on-the-subject-of-malnutrition\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:41:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:41:00","slug":"interview-with-a-health-expert-on-the-subject-of-malnutrition","status":"publish","type":"vitalites","link":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/vitalites\/interview-with-a-health-expert-on-the-subject-of-malnutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with a health expert on the subject of malnutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\n\tProfessor Marc Bonnefoy &#8211; Head of Geriatrics at Lyon Sud hospital<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\tWhat is malnutrition?<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/denutrition-nutrisens.jpg\" style=\"width: 350px; height: 196px; margin: 5px; float: right;\" \/>Malnutrition is a <strong>widespread<\/strong>, serious affliction which affects a person\u2019s general state of health and, in the long-term, leads to a loss of autonomy. In France, some 4% of elderly people who live at home and over 40% of those in residential care, suffer from <strong>malnutrition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe problem has a range of sources, such as chronic illness (kidney, heart or respiratory disease or cancer), neurocognitive or thymus-related disorders such as depression, neurodegenerative illness, problems with swallowing, an endocrine disorder etc. Whatever the origin, the consequences are the same: weight loss, muscle dystrophy, loss of movement, risk of falling and a malfunctioning autoimmune system which increases the risk of infection. Unchecked, the situation can enter a downward spiral.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tHow can the vicious circle be broken?<\/h3>\n<p>\n\tThe first stage is diagnosis to determine the risk. The earlier the better. The quicker the situation is assessed, the easier it is to provide treatment and avoid a knock-on effect. Next, the patient\u2019s diet should be adapted, according to the diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPascal Auclair, France Medias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Marc Bonnefoy &#8211; Head of Geriatrics at Lyon Sud hospital What is malnutrition? Malnutrition is a widespread, serious affliction which affects a person\u2019s general state of health and, in the long-term, leads to a loss of autonomy. In France, some 4% of elderly people who live at home and over 40% of those in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5545,"template":"","thematique_blog":[25],"tags_blog":[],"class_list":["post-5544","vitalites","type-vitalites","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","thematique_blog-nutrition-sante"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vitalites\/5544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vitalites"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vitalites"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"thematique_blog","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thematique_blog?post=5544"},{"taxonomy":"tags_blog","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrisens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags_blog?post=5544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}