Open AccessCommunity-Living Older Adults’ Perceptions of Body Weight, Signs of Malnutrition and Sources of Information: a Descriptive Analysis of Survey Data
Author(s) -
Dana Craven,
Geoff P. Lovell,
Fiona Pelly,
Elisabeth Isenring
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of nutrition, health and aging/the journal of nutrition, health and aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1760-4788
pISSN - 1279-7707
DOI - 10.1007/s12603-017-0942-z
Subject(s) - underweight , malnutrition , descriptive statistics , medicine , body mass index , gerontology , weight loss , overweight , obesity , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Community-living older adults may be susceptible to malnutrition (undernutrition) due to both physiological and non-physiological causes. The condition develops over time and the early signs and symptoms may not be obvious. Therefore awareness and early identification of nutrition risk factors may prevent, or at least slow, the progression of malnutrition.