COVID-19 Is Associated With Clinically Significant Weight Loss And Risk Of Malnutrition, Independent

This study was undertaken to investigate the incidence of unintentional weight loss and malnutrition in COVID-19 survivors. A post-hoc analysis of a prospective observational cohort study was designed to include all adult (age ≥ 18 years) individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 who had been discharged home from either a medical ward or the Emergency Department of San Raffaele University Hospital and was re-assessed after remission at the Outpatient COVID-19 Follow-Up Clinic of the same Institution from April 7, 2020, to May 11, 2020. Researchers prospectively obtained demographic, anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical parameters upon admission. The study included a sum of 213 individuals (33% females, median age 59.0 [49.5 – 67.9] years, 70% overweight/obese upon initial assessment, 73% hospitalized). The data revealed that COVID-19 might negatively affect body weight and nutritional status. The results suggest that nutritional evaluation, counseling, and treatment should be implemented at initial assessment, throughout the course of the disease, and after clinical remission in COVID-19 patients.

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