Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM): A Framework for Diagnosing Adult Malnutrition GLIM Is a new approach that offers a framework for diagnosing malnutrition in …

WHAT IS GLIM? The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) focuses on building a global consensus around core diagnostic criteria for malnutrition in adults in clinical settings.

The GLIM approach has found a positive reception within the global clinical nutrition community; ie, GLIM appears to have the potential to become widely adopted as a practical framework for …

GLIM is based upon the common phenotypic (body weight, body mass index, and lean mass) and etiologic criteria (reduced food intake or assimilation and disease burden/inflammatory …

In 2018, the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) launched a consensus-based framework including a two-step screening and assessment approach and operational criteria …

Jun 11, 2025 · The GLIM framework uses two categories of criteria: phenotypic and etiologic. Phenotypic criteria are the physical manifestations of malnutrition, while etiologic criteria relate …

This GLIM initiative targets the priority to adopt global consensus criteria so that malnutrition prevalence, interventions, and outcomes may be compared throughout the world.

Sep 19, 2019 · The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) used a consensus-based approach to produce operational criteria for these various forms of malnutrition using a …

In January 2016, the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) was convened by several of the major global clinical nutrition societies. GLIM appointed a core leadership committee …

Jun 1, 2025 · In 2016, the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) was founded. GLIM builds on efforts to address the priority for the development of a consensus approach for …