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                     MNA  (Mini Nutritional Assessment) Screening Score  
                         and Recommendations for Nutrition Intervention
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                                                                 MNA  Score
                          Normal                             At Risk of Malnutrition                        Malnourished
                     Nutritional Status                          (8 – 11 points)                            (0 – 7 points)
                      (12 – 14 points)
                                                   No Weight Loss                 Weight Loss
                         RESCREEN                    MONITOR                     INTERVENE                   INTERVENE
                   •    After acute             •     Close weight          •  Nutrition Intervention   •  Nutrition Intervention
                     event or illness             monitoring                  – Diet enhancement          –  Oral nutritional  
                   •   Once per year in         •    R  escreen               –  Oral nutritional           supplementation  
                     community dwelling           every 3 months                supplementation             (400–600 kcal/d)2
                     elderly                                                    (400 kcal/d)1             – Diet enhancement
                   •   Every 3 months in                                    •     Close weight          •   Close weight  
                     institutionalized                                         monitoring                  monitoring
                     patients                                               •     Further in-depth  
                                                                                                        •   Further in-depth  
                                                                               nutrition assessment        nutrition assessment
        1. Milne AC, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009;2:CD003288 
        2. Gariballa S, et al. Am J Med 2006;119:693-699 
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