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Diet quality is associated with malnutrition and low calf circumference in Canadian long-term care residents

BACKGROUND: Older adults living in long-term care (LTC) are nutritionally vulnerable. The purpose of this study was to determine diet quality of Canadian LTC residents and its association with malnutrition and low calf circumference. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was undertaken in 32 LTC homes ac...

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Autores principales: Carrier, Natalie, Villalon, Lita, Lengyel, Christina, Slaughter, Susan E., Duizer, Lisa, Morrison-Koechl, Jill, Keller, Heather
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7050926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32153970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-019-0314-7