For a healthy body and mind good nutrition is quite essential. The nutrients present in our food help to support a healthy working of our body, contributing to our quality of life. Proper nutrition provides the body with energy and all those substances that regulate the body. Nutrients can be called the building blocks for growth and repair of the body. Lack of proper nutrition leads to nutritional deficiency and it may cause:
- Two times higher risk of long-term mortality.
- Three times longer hospitalisation.
- Three times higher risk of infection.
- Higher costs of hospital care.
- Greater likelihood of hospital readmission after discharge.
- Greater dependence in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that malnutrition will affect one among six people throughout the world in the days to come. Under-nutrition puts people at a greater risk of dying from common infections, increases the frequency and severity of such infections, and delays recovery.
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