The morphofunctional evaluation of patients at risk of malnutrition receiving a leucine-enriched nutritional supplement

This real-world study evaluated the evolution of the morphofunctional assessment of patients at risk of malnutrition using a leucine-enriched hyperproteic oral nutritional supplementation (ONS). A prospective observational one-arm study was used for 65 patients at risk of malnutrition, comparing medical nutrition therapy with an adapted diet and leucine-enriched ONS once or twice daily. All patients were studied at baseline and three months after intervention with a morphofunctional assessment. The age of patients was 57.99(17.97) years. Forty-three(66.2%) patients were women. A decrease in the percent of weight loss was observed after intervention (men: baseline = 6.38[8.64]%; 3 months = -1.48[4.42]%; p