geriatric physician dr martin volcom has many week patients and he sees the dangers of poor nutrition every day. especially in the elderly causes them to lose weight quickly and lose substance the body can no longer humans as quickly people get dizzy they fall over problems flare up in days and weeks when the food on liquids are not balanced and above all not sufficient and. the doctors experience is borne out by a major swiss study. 2000 participants with already poor nutrition took part in the study. 1000 were given regular hospital food the other half were given a healthier alternative within the group that received the superior diet outcomes were significantly better with 15 percent fewer complications and 27 percent fewer deaths a few days of hospital food won't harm most people but the very ill have often already lost weight and strength before hand here at the israelites hospital in hamburg a specialist nutrition team takes care of these high risk patients selecting them for special attention as soon as they're admitted in a 3 day period 21 of 53 newly admitted patients were no