ABSTRACT
Step 3 If the person has an acute illness and there has been no nutritional intake, or it is
likely that there will be none for more than 5 days, they score 2.
Step 4: Overall risk of malnutrition The scores from Steps 1, 2 and 3 are added to provide the overall risk of
malnutrition:
0 low risk; 1medium risk; 2 or more high risk.
