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Review
. 2001 Dec;4(6A):1375-8.
doi: 10.1079/phn2001222.

Screening for malnutrition in dwelling elderly

A Salvà  1 , G Pera
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Review

Screening for malnutrition in dwelling elderly

A Salvà et al. Public Health Nutr. 2001 Dec.

Abstract

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 element in care programmes for elderly people in the community and should be part of all geriatric assessment programmes.

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