Anorexia of aging: A modifiable risk factor for frailty

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4126-4133

  Martone, Anna Maria ^a   Onder, Graziano ^a   Vetrano, Davide Liborio ^a   Ortolani, Elena ^a   Tosato, Matteo ^a   Marzetti, Emanuele ^a   Landi, Francesco ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Energy metabolism; Ghrelin; Malnutrition; Sarcopenia; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANOREXIA; CACHEXIA; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84885925957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5104126     Document Type: Review

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