Iran Medical Council Journal of Iranian Medical Council 2645-338X 4 4 2021 10 01 Assessment of Nutritional Risks in COVID-19 Patients 344 346 143982 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v4i4.8485 EN Parsa Mohammadi Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-3987-0033 Hesam Aldin  Varpaei Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-6923-2040 Mostafa Mohammadi Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2021 09 02 Since the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic by the world health organization, various issues concerning COVID-19 patients have been analyzed. However, some simple issues like exercise (1) and nutrition support in COVID-19 patients are yet to be discussed. It has been revealed that malnutrition is associated with the poor prognosis of critically ill patients (2). According to the early evidence from China (3), the prevalence of malnutrition in COVID-19 patients was 52.7%, accounting for more than half of the patients. Also, the high prevalence of malnutrition among COVID-19 patients supports the idea that malnutrition is a frequent problem among them and can be considered a prognostic factor (4,5). https://www.jimc.ir/article_143982_e565bd8b764efe7dd5ba86670fabfa3a.pdf