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Nutritional Status and a 3-Year Follow-Up in Elderly Receiving Support at Home

DOI

140

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24

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2005

Year

Anja Saletti, Lennarth Johans­son, Elinor Yifter‐Lindgren, Ulla Wissing, Kerstin Österberg, Tommy Cederholm
Gerontology

Abstract

About half of the home-living elderly with public support were malnourished or were at risk of malnutrition. The malnourished subjects often had problems during mealtimes and seldom ate full meals. Elderly with a BMI>28 displayed the lowest risk of death within 3 years.

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