Characteristics of hospitalized patients prescribed oral nutrition supplements in Thailand: A cross-sectional nutrition day survey.

Background And Objectives: Despite the proven benefits of oral nutrition supplements (ONS), its prescription in Thailand are far less than it should mainly due to limitation of reimbursement. Our aim was to compare hospital outcomes between hospitalized patients receiving only hospital food to those receiving hospital food with ONS.

Methods And Study Design: An annual cross-sectional survey, NutritionDay (nD), in Thailand was conducted in 2 hospitals from 2010 to 2015.

FAT-FREE MASS, METABOLICALLY HEALTHY OBESITY, AND TYPE 2 DIABETES IN SEVERELY OBESE ASIAN ADULTS.

Objective: To determine whether fat free mass (FFM) is independently associated with the metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) phenotype, the metabolic syndrome (MS), and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in obese Asian adults.

Methods: Obese patients (body mass index [BMI] ≥25 kg/m) seeking weight management at an academic medical center from 2007 to 2016 were included. FFM was measured by bioelectrical impedance.