Assessment of nutritional status in the elderly: a proposed function-driven model

Background: There is no accepted or standardized definition of ‘malnutrition’. Hence, there is also no definition of what constitutes an adequate nutritional status. In elderly people, assessment of nutritional status is complex and is complicated by multi-morbidity and disabilities combined with nu...

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Main Authors: Stina Engelheart, Robert Brummer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swedish Nutrition Foundation 2018-04-01
Series:Food & Nutrition Research
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Online Access:http://foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/1366/4711