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Lower nutritional status and higher food insufficiency in frail older US adults

Creator:

Smit, Ellen, Winters-Stone, Kerrie M., Loprinzi, Paul D., Tang, Alice M., and Crespo, Carlos J.

Abstract:

Frailty is a state of decreased physical functioning and a significant complication of ageing. We examined frailty, energy and macronutrient intake, biomarkers of nutritional status and food insufficiency in US older adult (age ≥60 years) participants of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (n 4731). Frailty was defined...

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