The importance of nutrition for wound healing

A diet rich in energy and substrates is crucial for effective wound healing. Older people are at particularly high risk of wound healing disorders as a result of malnutrition, meaning that an increasing prevalence of chronic wound healing due to malnutrition can be expected in the future as a result of demographic change. Malnutrition is a risk factor that contributes to an unfavorable course of the disease regardless of the severity of the illness and significantly increases treatment costs in all age groups.