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Short· April 30, 2026· 0:42

Why are ICU patients being fed 24/7? It might be doing more harm than good.

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People in intensive care are, for example, getting food 24/7. Is that really the best approach? Because as a non-patient, you would not be eating 24 hours a day either. That's what we're actually looking into.

You made a distinction I found interesting: you said that the cost of shift work, the timing of medicines, feeding schedules, and so on are relatively easy to explore compared to something like pollution or biodiversity loss.

If they're relatively easy, why haven't they been more researched? What's keeping those numbers off the balance sheet?

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