Restrictive diets in the elderly: Never say never again?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-174

  Darmon, Patrice ^a   Kaiser, Matthias J ^b   Bauer, Jürgen M ^b   Sieber, Cornel C ^b   Pichard, Claude ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Dietary restrictions; Elderly; Frailty; Malnutrition; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANOREXIA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW CALORY DIET; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; PALATABILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SODIUM RESTRICTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIET, REDUCING; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77950297462     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.11.002     Document Type: Review

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