Geriatric Nutrition: Elderly at Risk of Malnutrition in Old Age Homes

Background: Nutrition influences the health and functional ability. Older persons are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition, which will affect their health and functional ability. Also, Nutritional problems are the root cause of the major communicable and non – communicable diseases. Objective...

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Main Authors: A Santosh, N Srinivas, Rao BA Varadaraja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medsci Publications 2017-08-01
Series:National Journal of Community Medicine
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Online Access:https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/1191