Prevalence and association of undernutrition with quality of life among Swedish people aged 60 years and above: Results of the SNAC-B study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 970-979

  Naseer, M ^a   Fagerström, Cecilia ^b,c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Blekinge County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

elderly; health related quality of life; life satisfaction; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCE; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIANG LIFE SATISFACTIONS INDEX A; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 12; SINGLE WOMAN; SWEDISH CITIZEN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WIDOWED PERSON; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPLICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EATING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84953383185     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-015-0656-z     Document Type: Article

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