Undereating and undernutrition in old age: integrating bio-psychosocial aspects
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Undereating and undernutrition in old age: integrating bio-psychosocial aspects.
Much emphasis is placed on the importance of good diet, usually in the context of concern about the health hazards of obesity [1]. Paradoxically, many elderly people are underweight and undernourished, as a result of a combination of age-related physical, social and psychological factors. This so-called 'failure to thrive' [2] or 'anorexia of the elderly' [3] is associated with morbidity and in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.4.527