Nutritional status in community-dwelling elderly in France in urban and rural areas.

Malnutrition is a frequent condition in elderly people, especially in nursing homes and geriatric wards. Its frequency is less well known among elderly living at home. The objective of this study was to describe the nutritional status evaluated by the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) of elderly com...

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Main Authors: Marion J Torres, Béatrice Dorigny, Mirjam Kuhn, Claudine Berr, Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Luc Letenneur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4136808?pdf=render