Eating habits and appetite control in the elderly: The anorexia of aging

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-87

  Donini, Lorenzo M ^a   Savina, Claudia ^a   Cannella, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Anorexia

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; CONVALESCENCE; DENTITION; DENTURE; DEPRESSION; EATING HABIT; ELDERLY CARE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERMETABOLISM; INFECTION; LONELINESS; MALABSORPTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SATIETY; SMELLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TASTE DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; APPETITE REGULATION; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037944008     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610203008779     Document Type: Review

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