OLDER ADULT MALNUTRITION: A GROWING CRISIS

Malnutrition, a caloric or nutrient imbalance, is particularly common in the older adult population, and food insecurity is a rising concern. This paper will discuss the incidence of malnutrition and food insecurity in the older adult population. It will also discuss federal and state programs in pl...

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Autor principal: Whitmire, Meredith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
Materias:
Session 760 (Symposium)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841094/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.259
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description Malnutrition, a caloric or nutrient imbalance, is particularly common in the older adult population, and food insecurity is a rising concern. This paper will discuss the incidence of malnutrition and food insecurity in the older adult population. It will also discuss federal and state programs in place that work to prevent and combat malnutrition. It will provide strategies for aging network members to engage in these policy discussions.
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spelling pubmed-68410942019-11-15 OLDER ADULT MALNUTRITION: A GROWING CRISIS Whitmire, Meredith Innov Aging Session 760 (Symposium) Malnutrition, a caloric or nutrient imbalance, is particularly common in the older adult population, and food insecurity is a rising concern. This paper will discuss the incidence of malnutrition and food insecurity in the older adult population. It will also discuss federal and state programs in place that work to prevent and combat malnutrition. It will provide strategies for aging network members to engage in these policy discussions. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6841094/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.259 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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OLDER ADULT MALNUTRITION: A GROWING CRISIS
title OLDER ADULT MALNUTRITION: A GROWING CRISIS
title_full OLDER ADULT MALNUTRITION: A GROWING CRISIS
title_fullStr OLDER ADULT MALNUTRITION: A GROWING CRISIS
title_full_unstemmed OLDER ADULT MALNUTRITION: A GROWING CRISIS
title_short OLDER ADULT MALNUTRITION: A GROWING CRISIS
title_sort older adult malnutrition: a growing crisis
topic Session 760 (Symposium)
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841094/
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