Nutrition in the Elderly
作者:
Melissa McGee,
Gordon Jensen,
期刊:
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
(OVID Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 30,
issue 4
页码: 372-380
ISSN:0192-0790
年代: 2000
出版商: OVID
关键词: Nutrition;Geriatric;Screening;Assessment
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Older people are growing in prevalence and their nutrition-related concerns adversely impact upon health, function, and life quality. Changes in body composition and organ system function alter nutrient requirements. The purpose of this review is to examine changes in nutritional requirements with aging and to highlight practical approaches to nutritional screening, assessment, and intervention. A multidisciplinary approach with individualized care is recommended. Health care providers who work with older people must be attentive to nutrition, because appreciable comorbidity and unfavorable outcomes may accompany either under- or overnutrition.
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