Maintaining optimal health and well-being in the older adult requires understanding of how physiologic changes influence nutritional status, familiarity with the available validated tools to assess status, identification of factors predisposing older adults to malnutrition, and evidence-based practice regarding the nutritional needs of this age group. Evidence-based guidance on these core practice components is provided to the clinician in this article.
Keywords: Aging; Geriatric giants, nutrition and aging; Nutrition recommendations for older adults; Nutrition screening tools for older adults; Physiologic changes of aging.
Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.