HOSPITAL food in the land of p芒t茅 de foie gras and escargots
is so poor that patients face malnutrition, a study in France has found.
鈥淓very hospitalised patient is at risk, even if he is not undernourished on
arrival,鈥� notes nutritionist Bernard Guy-Grande of the H么tel Dieu hospital
in Paris in a report commissioned by the health ministry.
Guy-Grande鈥檚 team evaluated meals at roughly one in ten of the country鈥檚 city
hospitals. Nearly a third did not always consider nutrition when planning menus.
Food was also often served at the wrong temperature and outside patients鈥� normal
meal times.
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