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Screening for malnutrition in dwelling elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2001

Antoni Salvà  and
Guillem Pera
Antoni Salvà*
Affiliation:
Programa Vida Als Anys, Àrea Sanitària, Servei Català de la Salut, Travessera de les Corts 131–159, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain Hospital Sant Jaume, Mataró, Spain
Guillem Pera
Affiliation:
Unitat de Recerca de la Fundació del Consorci Sanitari del Maresme ‘Doctor Jaume Esperalba i Terrades’, Mataró, Spain
*
*Corresponding author: Email [email protected]
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Abstract

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The health of elderly people is often affected by inadequate nutritional intake. Psychosocial determinants and the higher prevalence of acute and chronic illnesses are risk factors for nutritional deficiencies in the elderly. Nutritional assessment (NA) or nutritional risk screening must be an important elements in care programmes for elderly people in the community and should be part of all geriatric assessment programmes.

Keywords

ScreeningMalnutritionElderly
Type
Nutrition and ageing
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 4 , Issue 6a , December 2001 , pp. 1375 - 1378
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2001

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