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Malnutrition is often associated with depression in hospitalised older patients

23 June 2010

A UK study found that there is a link between nutritional deficit and depression

A research form the Barnett and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust in London, presented at the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Edinburgh, linked malnutrition and depression in hospital patients. Dr Shakil Alam, lead author of the study said that “further research is needed to find the direction of causation”. For the full article, please visit
http://www.webnewswire.com/node/545666#


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