Strength gains: Abbott to analyse long-term benefits of supplement containing HMB post six-month supplementation Abbott is studying if the intake of an oral nutrition supplement containing HMB, alongside individualised dietary counselling for six months, could exert long-term benefits - even after supplementation has stopped.
This is part of the Strengthening Health in ELDerly through nutrition (SHIELD) study involving 811 elderly aged 65 and above and were at medium or high risk of malnutrition in Singapore.
The firm has been running the study alongside Changi General Hospital and SingHealth Polyclinics since 2017.
This is the first time that the nutrition supplement containing HMB, available in the Singapore market as Ensure Life HMB, is trialled on elderly who are at risk of malnutrition in Asia.
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