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Living alone, receiving help, helplessness, and inactivity are strongly related to risk of undernutrition among older home-dwelling people

BACKGROUND: Being at risk of undernutrition is a global problem among older people. Undernutrition can be considered inadequate nutritional status, characterized by insufficient food intake and weight loss. There is a lack of Norwegian studies focusing on being at risk of undernutrition and self-car...

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Autores principales: Tomstad, Solveig T, Söderhamn, Ulrika, Espnes, Geir Arild, Söderhamn, Olle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22419884
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S28507