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Undernutrition in the European SENECA studies
C P G M de Groot1, W A van Staveren,
1Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Bomenweg 2, 6703 HD Wageningen, The Netherlands. Lisette.degroot@staff.nutepi.wau.nl
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
|March 1, 2003
Abstract:
The SENECA study, which sampled a cohort of community-dwelling persons born between 1913 and 1918 in 12 European countries in baseline (1988), follow up (1993), and final (1999) surveys, found a relatively high risk of malnutrition despite a low prevalence of actual malnourishment. The results point out the importance of monitoring nutritional status in healthy elderly adults.