Preventing precipitous weight loss in demented patients by altering food texture

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Boylston, Eula ^a   Ryan, Cass ^b   Brown, Carla ^a   Westfall, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIET THERAPY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENU PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0030333170     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v15n03_04     Document Type: Article

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