GLIM in nursing homes; practical implications.

Background: Only very few papers have described malnutrition prevalence rates according to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria in nursing homes, likely due to practical reasons such as missing data on body composition, dietary intake, or acute disease/inflammation.

Methods: Data was collected in 5 different nursing homes. Food intake measurements took place over 3 days of observations, and intakes below 90% of energy or protein requirements were regarded as insufficient.