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Nutrition knowledge, dietary patterns and anthropometric indices of older persons in four peri-urban communities in Ga West municipality, Ghana

BACKGROUND: Older adults are vulnerable to malnutrition due to sociologic, physiologic and anatomical effects of ageing. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of nutrition knowledge and dietary patterns on nutritional status of community-dwelling ambulatory older adults. METHODS: This cross-sectio...

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Autores principales:	Agbozo, Faith, Amardi-Mfoafo, Joyce, Dwase, Helen, Ellahi, Basma
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Makerere Medical School 2018
Materias:	Articles
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30603008 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i3.33

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