Assessment of Malnutrition in Community-dwelling Elderly People: Cooperation among General Practitioners and Public Health

• Main Authors: Maura FERRARI BRAVO (Author), Fabrizio GALLO (Author), Concetta MARCHELLO (Author), Roberta BOICELLI (Author), Silvia LUPI (Author), Massimiliano ATZEI (Author), Francesco BRUNETTI (Author), Romina CASARETTO (Author), Federico DAPELO (Author), Daniela GEREVINI (Author), Eliana LEONARDELLI (Author), Anna MANNO (Author), Elisabetta PERI (Author), Paola SOAVE (Author), Angelo TRAVERSARO (Author), Antonio ZAMPOGNA (Author), Roberto ZUNINO (Author), Armando STEFANATI (Author), Giovanni GABUTTI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Malnutrition, a very common condition in the elderly, is known to increase their vulnerability to adverse health events. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition in the over 75-yr-old community-dwelling population in the "Chiavarese" Local Health Unit distric...