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    Bariatric surgery: selection & pre-operative work up

    Criteria for selection of appropriate candidates for bar­iatric surgery have been established to minimize surgical complications and to maximize the benefit of these important and limited procedures. The preoperative workup should evaluate a patient’s medical, nutritional, mental and functional health...

    Bariatric surgery: postoperative management

    Adherence to consistent post-operative behavioural changes (behaviour modification for nutrition plans, physical activity and vitamin intake) can optimize obesity management and health while minimizing post-operative complications. Working in partnership, the bariatric surgical centre, the local bariatri...

    Nutrition support for adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition. Last updated: 2017

    This guideline covers identifying and caring for adults who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in hospital or in their own home or a care home. It offers advice on how oral, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition support should be started, administered and stopped. It aims to support heal...

    Guideline: fortification of food-grade salt with iodine for the prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders

    The proposed guideline aims to help Member States and their partners in their efforts to make informed decisions on the appropriate nutrition actions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular, reduction of child mortality (MDG 4) and improvement of maternal health (MDG 5). It will...