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. 2019 Jun;102(2):171-180.
doi: 10.1177/0036850419854290.

Malnutrition in the elderly

Clodagh Corcoran  1 , Craig Murphy  1 , Eamonn P Culligan  1 , Janette Walton  1 , Roy D Sleator  1
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Malnutrition in the elderly

Clodagh Corcoran et al. Sci Prog. 2019 Jun.

Abstract

Changes that occur naturally throughout the ageing process place the elderly population at greater risk of malnourishment. This review discusses the significance, causes, consequences and assessment of malnutrition in the elderly.

Keywords: Malnutrition; cachexia; elderly; osteoporosis; sarcopenia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
An overview of the global increase in human life expectancy. These data were derived from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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