Oral strategies to supplement older adults' dietary intakes: Comparing the evidence

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-31

  Silver, Heidi J ^a  

^a Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dietary intake; Meal enhancement; Older adults; Oral nutrition supplements

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIQUID; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEAL; META ANALYSIS; MINERAL INTAKE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SATIETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGING; BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TASTE;

AGED; AGING; BEVERAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MINERALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SATIATION; TASTE; VITAMINS;

EID: 64049106184     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00131.x     Document Type: Review

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