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Clinical, Social, and Healthcare Factors Associated with Nutritional Status in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Multidimensional Approach.

Key takeaways

Researchers checked the nutrition of 97 adults with ALS, a disease that slowly weakens the muscles, at one point in time. They looked for which clinical, social, and care-system factors went along with being underfed or at risk of it. Because everyone was measured only once, this shows links, not proof that any factor causes poor nutrition. Nothing in it concerns the kidneys.

Who did this work

Sousa-Catita D (Aging Lab, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal.) · Mascarenhas P (Aging Lab, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal.) · Oliveira C (GENE-Artificial Nutrition Team, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, 2805-267 Almada, Portugal.) · Grunho M (Aging Lab, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal.) · Gonçalves F (APELA-Portuguese Association of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 4200-227 Porto, Portugal.) · Fonseca J (Aging Lab, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, 2829-511 Almada, Portugal.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-08-15
https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14081838