Dietary assessment methods for older persons: What is the best approach?

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 534-540

  Volkert, Dorothee ^a   Schrader, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia of aging; Dietary assessment; Elderly; Screening for malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; WELLBEING;

EID: 84883295528     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328363c8d1     Document Type: Review

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