09 Feb 2024 --- Abbott proposes a new malnutrition diagnosis algorithm to overcome issues in patient screening, after evaluating the existing diagnosis framework in a recently published study. Nutrition Insight sits down with Refaat Hegazi, divisional vice president of global medical affairs for Abbott’s nutrition business, to discuss his latest publication that identifies changes in malnutrition screening, the importance of muscle loss as a diagnostic marker and the new algorithm the company proposes