EDITORIAL HIV/AIDS and Nutrition in the 1990s

this journaf asking, &dquo;What is the significance of malnutrition in acquired immune deficiency syn-drome (AIDS)?&dquo; Since 1987, we have learned that nutritional status is an important predictor of sur-vival in persons with HIV/AIDS.2,3 Also since 1987, great strides have been made in prolonging survival and AIDS-free survival time in persons with HIV infection. Antiretroviral agents and prophylaxis against opportunistic infections such as Pneumo-cystis pneumonia have largely contributed to this phenomenon.4 4 Yet despite recent advances that have been made in the management of HIV infection, we5 and other investigators6,1 have found that nutritional status remains an independent predictor of survival, eve