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Nutrition, Aging, and the Elderly pp 305–333Cite as

Factors Affecting Nutritional Status of the Elderly

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A complete assessment of nutritional status includes determination of dietary intake, anthropometric measurements, biochemical measurements, and clinical assessment. The state of the art in assessing nutrition status through each of these parameters has been reviewed recently by Kohrs and Czajka-Narins (1986). In interpreting data on the elderly, the advantages and limitations of the methods for dietary intake and anthropometric measurement need to be taken into consideration as well as the limitations of the current biochemical methods.

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  1. Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, USA

    Mary Bess Kohrs

  2. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, 60064, USA

    Dorice M. Czajka-Narins

  3. Human Nutrition Research Program, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, 65101, USA

    James W. Nordstrom

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Kohrs, M.B., Czajka-Narins, D.M., Nordstrom, J.W. (1989). Factors Affecting Nutritional Status of the Elderly. In: Munro, H.N., Danford, D.E. (eds) Nutrition, Aging, and the Elderly. Human Nutrition, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2537-4_12

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