Malnutrition in COPD
Malnutrition can occur in COPD due to increased nutritional requirements and decreased oral intake2.
Within COPD patients there is a spectrum ranging from those who are very underweight to those who are overweight3.
1 NICE Clinical Guideline 32. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg32 [Accessed 03.04.2017].
2 Ezzell L, Jensen GL. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000;72:1415–6.
3 Ohar J, et al. Prim Care Respir J. 2011;20:370–8
