SINGAPORE, July 5 -- The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has halved malnutrition rates among its dialysis patients by shifting its nutritional strategy to put protein intake at the centre of care, supported by closer monitoring and targeted supplementation.

The Straits Times reported that NKF's malnutrition rate fell from 42 per cent in 2017 to 21 per cent in 2025, even as its patient load grew from 3,440 to more than 5,300. The improvement is attributed to personalised dietetic guidance, routine nutritional assessments and the provision of oral nutritional supplements - often a specialised formula milk - during dialysis sessions.

Dialysis patients require significantly more protein than those in earlier stages of kidney disease, as th...