Nutrition risk screening: The interrelationship of food insecurity, food intake, and unintentional weight change among homebound elders

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-34

  Sharkey, Joseph R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Home delivered meals; Homebound older adults; Nutritional risk; Weight change

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEXAS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 7444263030     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v24n01_02     Document Type: Article

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