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According to the literature, undernutrition is prevalent in 20–60% of patients on hospital admission. The differences in the rate of undernutrition arise from different diagnostic tools used in the studies. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of undernutrition in Swiss hospitals using a standardized screening tool.All patients admitted to the departments of internal medicine of 7 Swiss hospitals...