Elderly peoples' meals. A comparative study between elderly living in a nursing home and frail, self-managing elderly

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-102

  Engelheart, S ^a   Lammes, E ^a   Akner, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Appetite; Eating episodes; Elderly; Energy intake; Meal frequency; Mealtime habits; Motivation to eat; Nursing home; Self managing elderly; Sense of smell; Sense of taste; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TASTE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33645979628     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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