ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PATIENTS BY AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

Abstract

According to WHO data, in 2016 the number of adults with excess body weight exceeded 1.9 billion (39 % of the inhabitants of our planet over the age of 18), of which more than 650 million (13 %) suffer from obesity. Due to the high prevalence, doctors meet more and more patients with overweight and obesity, and they need nutritional correction at the pre-hospital stage. Obesity as a result of overeating, but paradoxically, can be accompanied by nutritional deficiency, therefore nutritional deficiency is determined not only by low body weight, but also by the inability to maintain the optimal internal state of the body. Patients with overweight and obesity should be screened and examined according to such criteria (validated scales MUST and NRS-2002) that are used in general clinical practice, for a certain disease, and as a screening for nutritional insufficiency/inadequacy of nutrition. The publication used articles that are included in scientific search databases Cochran, GoogleScholar, PubMed.