A randomised controlled trial conducted in critically ill patients recovering from abdominal surgery found that a novel probiotic-enriched tube feeding formula reduced serious gut complications dramatically compared to standard enteral nutrition — with no cases of diarrhea recorded in the probiotic group, against a 60% rate in the control group — though the authors caution that the two formulas also differed in their nutritional composition, making it impossible to attribute the benefit to probiotics alone.

Digital tools can help older adults with pre-frailty and frailty obtain nutrition education that will help their conditions – but Flinders University researchers say these tools need to be co-designed by the people who use them.