Nutrition and Metabolic Insights
 Or I g INAL r eseA rch
effect of nutritional supplements on Immune Function
and Body Weight in Malnourished Adults
Lawrence J. cheskin1
, Joseph Margolick2
, scott Kahan1
, Andrea h. Mitola1
, Kavita h. Poddar1
, Tricia
Nilles2
, sanjivani Kolge1
, Frederick Menendez2
, Michelande ridoré1
, shing-Jung Wang3
, Jacob chou3

and eve carlson1

1

Johns hopkins Bloomberg school of Public health, Department of health, Behavior and society, 2

Johns hopkins 

Bloomberg school of Public health, Department of Molecular Medicine and Immunology, 3

standard Foods/Quaker Oats, 

Taiwan. email: lcheskin@jhsph.eduract: In the United States, approximately 5% of the population is malnourished or has low body weight, which can adversely 

affect immune function. Malnutrition is more prevalent in older adults and is often a result of energy imbalance from various causes. 

Dietary supplementation to promote positive energy balance can reverse malnutrition, but has not been assessed for its effect on immune 

parameters. This 8-week clinical feeding trial evaluated the effect of a commercially available, high-protein, high-energy formula on 

body weight and immune parameters 

Introduction

Malnutrition, often defined as a body mass index 

(BMI) he Human Immunodeficiency Virus  Wasting Syndrome,1  most often low body weight  is the result of a simple imbalance between energy  intake from food and ene.

Discussion and conclusions

We originally hypothesized that a supplement-enriched  diet, in the form of the Quaker Complete Nutrition  Foods, would result in improvements in body weight,  BMI, and body composition

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