Unstable mental health

Malnutrition is common in people with depression, anxiety, dementia, and schizophrenia,... Poor mental health makes patients have no interest in eating and drinking, and loss of appetite leads to malnutrition. When the body is deficient in substances, it will not be able to resist the effects of the environment, work, and family. Since then, people who are malnourished often have a higher rate of depression. This cause can also be found in children. When the family forces them to eat too much, children are prone to fear and obsessions about food, which will gradually lead to anorexia and malnutrition.

With the above-listed symptoms of malnutrition, patients will soon recognize their disease status. Therefore, if there are many signs, the patient should be regularly monitored, weight checked, and anthropometric indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment. As a result, it helps to determine the right time to switch from artificial feeding support to normal eating, helping to reduce the burden of caring for severely malnourished patients. Also, limit the harmful effects of disease on health.