Energy and protein restriction should be avoided in most overweight older patients

In their recent original article, “Muscle Assessment in Stroke Study (MASS)”, Gungor et al. aimed to evaluate the degree of muscle loss during acute stroke and determine factors contributing to this loss [ [1] Gungor L. Arsava E.M. Guler A. Togay Isikay C. Aykac O. Batur Caglayan H.Z. et al. MASS investigators. Determinants of in-hospital muscle loss in acute ischemic stroke - results of the Muscle Assessment in Stroke Study (MASS). Clin Nutr. 2023; 42: 431-439https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2023.01.017 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (0) Google Scholar ]. They included 107 acute dysphagic ischemic stroke patients (median age:74) admitted to neuro-intensive care units and evaluated muscle cross sectional area (CSMA) on days 1 and 14 of admission via computed tomography at mid-humerus, mid-thigh, and third lumbar vertebra levels. They calculated the change in CSMA and variables associated with this change.