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Malnutrition in Older Adults by Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, M.D., Ph.D.,1 and Dorothee Volkert, Ph.D.2 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Malnutrition in Older Adults about?

Healthy dietary patterns are associated with longer and healthier lives.1-3 Malnutrition is a state of imbalance between the intake or uptake of nutrients and body needs that leads to altered body composition, reduced physical and mental functioning, and impaired clinical outcomes.4,5Malnutrition is an umbrella term that includes obesity, undernutrition, and singleN Engl J Med 2025;392:2244-55.nutrient deficiencies, but it has also been used as a synonym for undernutrition.4DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra2412275In this article, malnutrition is used to describe undernutrition (protein–energy Copyright © 2025 Massachusetts Medical Society.malnutrition), as defined in the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, with emphasis on features that are specific to older adults. A general description CMEof malnutrition has been published in an earlier review article in the Journal.5 In older adults, malnutrition has been shown to carry serious adverse consequences, including physical and cognitive disability, increased complications and poorer outcomes of disease, increased length of inpatient stay, poor quality of life, and increased costs.6-9

Author

Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, M.D., Ph.D.,1 and Dorothee Volkert, Ph.D.2

Published

2025

Language

EN