Meals served in Danish nursing homes and to meals-on-wheels clients may not offer nutritionally adequate choices

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-109

  Beck, Anne Marie ^a   Hansen, Kirsten S ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy; Energy and protein dense menu; Fat; Homemade energy and protein dense drink; Protein; Texture modified menu

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; DENMARK; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN INTAKE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SERVICES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; THINNESS;

EID: 77951038634     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360903574742     Document Type: Article

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