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Review
. 1998 Jun;56(6):163-71.
doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb06130.x.

Refusal to eat in the elderly

E L Marcus  1 , E M Berry
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Review

Refusal to eat in the elderly

E L Marcus et al. Nutr Rev. 1998 Jun.

Abstract

Refusal to eat by the elderly, and subsequent malnutrition, occurs in both institutional and community settings. Causes include physiologic changes associated with aging, mental disorders such as dementia and depression, and medical, social, and environmental factors. Treatment approaches call for management of these causes while considering the roles that medicine, ethics, and culture play in the process.

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