{"id":25581,"date":"2026-10-02T15:17:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metax.org\/must-screening\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T08:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T06:31:54","slug":"must-screening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metax.org\/en\/must-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"MUST Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-animated fusion-custom-z-index\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left 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fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:26;--minFontSize:26;line-height:1.2;\">To Assess Nutritional Status<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The MUST Screening is an internationally recognized method recommended by professional societies such as the DGEM for identifying malnutrition or the risk of malnutrition. Using weight and height, you can quickly and easily assess nutritional status by answering just a few questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<section id=\"mxmust-3e1100aa-6da5-4588-8a23-7d79cc3c981f\" class=\"mxmust\" data-mxmust>\n\n\t\t\t<header class=\"mxmust__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mxmust__logo-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metax.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/metax-must-screening\/assets\/img\/metax-logo.jpg\" width=\"56\" height=\"36\" alt=\"metaX Institut f\u00fcr Di\u00e4tetik\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__headertext\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>MUST Screening<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>For assessing nutritional status<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__content\">\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"mxmust__progress-label\" data-progress-label aria-live=\"polite\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<form class=\"mxmust__form\" data-form novalidate>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__step is-active\" data-step=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"mxmust-3e1100aa-6da5-4588-8a23-7d79cc3c981f-weight\">What does the person weigh? In kg<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" inputmode=\"decimal\" autocomplete=\"off\" id=\"mxmust-3e1100aa-6da5-4588-8a23-7d79cc3c981f-weight\" name=\"weight\" placeholder=\"e.g. 70.5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mxmust__error\" data-error=\"weight\" role=\"alert\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__step mxmust-hidden\" data-step=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"mxmust-3e1100aa-6da5-4588-8a23-7d79cc3c981f-height\">What is the person&#039;s height? In cm<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" inputmode=\"decimal\" autocomplete=\"off\" id=\"mxmust-3e1100aa-6da5-4588-8a23-7d79cc3c981f-height\" name=\"height\" placeholder=\"e.g. 175\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mxmust__error\" data-error=\"height\" role=\"alert\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__step mxmust-hidden\" data-step=\"3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"mxmust-3e1100aa-6da5-4588-8a23-7d79cc3c981f-prevweight\">What did the person weigh approximately 3\u20136 months ago? In kg<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" inputmode=\"decimal\" autocomplete=\"off\" id=\"mxmust-3e1100aa-6da5-4588-8a23-7d79cc3c981f-prevweight\" name=\"previous_weight\" placeholder=\"e.g. 75\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mxmust__error\" data-error=\"previous_weight\" role=\"alert\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__step mxmust-hidden\" data-step=\"4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Was this weight loss unintentional?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<fieldset class=\"mxmust__choices\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<legend class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unintentional weight loss<\/legend>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"mxmust__choice\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" name=\"unintentional\" value=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Yes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"mxmust__choice\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" name=\"unintentional\" value=\"no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>No<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mxmust__error\" data-error=\"unintentional\" role=\"alert\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__step mxmust-hidden\" data-step=\"5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Is the person experiencing an acute ilnnes and expectet to be unable to eat for more than five days?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<fieldset class=\"mxmust__choices\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<legend class=\"screen-reader-text\">Acute illness and lack of nutritional intake<\/legend>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"mxmust__choice\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" name=\"acute\" value=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Yes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"mxmust__choice\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" name=\"acute\" value=\"no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>No<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mxmust__error\" data-error=\"acute\" role=\"alert\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"mxmust__btn mxmust__btn--secondary mxmust-hidden\" data-back>Back<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"submit\" class=\"mxmust__btn mxmust__btn--primary\" data-next>Next<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/form>\n\n\t\t\t<section class=\"mxmust__result mxmust-hidden\" data-result tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__score\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>MUST score<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong data-score>0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<small data-points>points<\/small>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 data-risk><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mxmust__resulttext\" data-result-text><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__breakdown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>BMI<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong data-bmi>\u2013<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<small data-bmi-points><\/small>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Unintentional weight loss<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong data-loss>\u2013<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<small data-loss-points><\/small>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Acute illness<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong data-acute>\u2013<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<small data-acute-points><\/small>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mxmust__privacy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Data protection notice:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe data entered in this screening is not stored or transmitted to metaX. 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