When we think of malnutrition, we often picture pot-bellied children or people who look severely thin and weak. But malnutrition doesn’t always look dramatic—and in older adults, it’s often hiding in ...

Primary care clinicians are not screening older adults for malnutrition, largely due to an overreliance on outdated diagnostic measures like body mass index (BMI), according to a new study presented ...

The Subjective Global Assessment gives a grade of malnutrition based on questions asked about weight loss, dietary intake changes, gastrointestinal tract symptoms, physical function, and parameters of ...

Most older adults prefer to age in their homes and stay active in their communities. For many, malnutrition will derail those plans due to involuntary weight loss, micronutrient deficiencies and ...

Malnutrition significantly increases the 180-day hospital readmission rates among patients 65 years or older with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), highlighting the importance of ...

Malnutrition, very severe airway obstruction, and the presence of three or more comorbidities were significant predictors of 180-day readmission for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

A growing number of California’s oldest residents are dying of malnutrition, a yearslong trend that accelerated during the covid pandemic. Deaths attributed to malnutrition more than doubled, from ...

Older individuals who struggle to chew hard food have a higher risk of becoming malnourished or experiencing significant weight loss over time. This is shown in a new Swedish population-based study by ...