Undernutrition in adult hospitalized patients and its impact on the length of stay, a 10-year repeated cross-sectional study analyzing 65,226 stays.

Summary: When people go to the hospital, being too thin or not getting enough nutrients can cause big problems. Doctors looked at over 65,000 hospital stays over a 10-year period. They found that almost 3 out of 10 patients were undernourished, and this happened across all kinds of illnesses. The biggest problem? Patients who were undernourished had to stay in the hospital for about 5 extra days compared to well-nourished patients. This shows how important it is to check patients' nutrition carefully so they can heal faster and go home sooner.