Malnutrition in older adults has been recognised as a challenging health concern
associated with not only increased mortality and morbidity, but also with physical decline …

Frailty is a syndrome of growing importance given the global ageing population. While frailty
is a multifactorial process, poor nutritional status is considered a key contributor to its …

Appetite drives essential oral nutritional intake. Its regulation is complex, influenced by
physiology, hedonism (the reward of eating) and learning from external cues within a …

Anorexia/appetite loss in older subjects is frequently underrecognized in clinical practice,
which may reflect deficient understanding of clinical sequelae. Therefore, we performed a …

Much has been achieved by recent research to increase understanding of the links between
nutrition and muscle health. Focusing on muscle strength as the key component of …

Many older people with frailty are at risk of malnutrition and poor health, yet there is
evidence that improving nutrition and weight loss can reduce frailty. This will become more …

Appetite loss/anorexia of aging is a highly prevalent and burdensome geriatric syndrome
that strongly impairs the quality of life of older adults. Loss of appetite is associated with …

Ageing is an unavoidable progressive process causing many changes of the individual life.
However, if faced in an efficient way, living longer in a healthy status could be an opportunity …

With the aging population and consequent increase in associated prevalence of frailty,
dementia, and multimorbidity, primary care physicians will be overwhelmed with the …

Background Anorexia of aging is a common geriatric syndrome that includes loss of appetite
and/or reduced food intake, with associated undernutrition, unintended weight loss …