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8234779

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-26
pubmed:abstractText
Significant changes in body composition that have important health related effects are believed to occur in the elderly. Knowledge of these changes is important for diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment of health problems. Many health problems in the elderly could be prevented or alleviated by nutritional modulation, but better understanding of the nature, extent, and underlying physiology of body compositional changes is needed for such interventions to be successful. There are currently few data for body composition in the elderly, especially for those greater than 75 y in age, partly because conventional methods of assessing body composition are difficult to apply for technical and conceptual reasons. As a result, little is known regarding the relationships of body composition to nutritional, functional or health status in non-hospitalized, free-living elderly persons. Knowledge of the "natural history" of body compositional changes and their relationships to other nutritional and health factors could lead to new insights on prevention and treatment, the reduction of morbidity and extension of the quality of life of older persons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0306-0632
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
223-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Body composition in elderly persons: a critical review of needs and methods.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Nutrition Research Laboratory, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review