Nutrition and the elderly: identifying those at risk
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Nutrition and the elderly: identifying those at risk.
At present our interpretation of dietary, biochemical and clinical findings is still inadequate to diagnose marginal or subclinical malnutrition in the elderly. There are two main types of nutritional risk; the first is long-standing, against which early-warning signs and early preventive action are needed. The second type of nutritional risk may be sudden, following medical or social stress. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns19840065