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Frailty and nutrition: Searching for evidence

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The journal of nutrition, health & aging

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Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that predicts disability, morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Poor nutritional status is one of the main risk factors for frailty. Macronutrients and micronutrients deficiencies are associated with frailty. Recent studies suggest that improving nutritional status for macronutrients and micronutrients may reduce the risk of frailty. Specific diets such as the Mediterranean diet rich in anti-oxidants, is currently investigated in the prevention of frailty. The aim of this paper is to summarize the current body of knowledge on the relations between nutrition and frailty, and provide recommendations for future nutritional research on the field of frailty.

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  1. Department of Geriatric Medicine, CHU Lyon Groupement Hospitalier Sud, 69495, Pierre-Bénite Cedex, France

    Marc Bonnefoy & T. Gilbert

  2. INSERM U1060, 69921, Oullins Cedex, France

    Marc Bonnefoy

  3. Faculté de Médecine Lyon Sud, University Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, BP 12, 69921, Oullins Cedex, France

    Marc Bonnefoy

  4. Department of Geriatric Medicine, CHU — Hospital Bellier, Nantes, France

    G. Berrut

  5. INSERM U1125 — INRA / CNAM, UMR U557, Paris 13, France

    M. Ferry

  6. Department of Geriatric Medicine, CHU Nice — University Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

    O. Guerin

  7. EA 4468 INSERM — Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    O. Hanon

  8. Centre de Gérontologie Clinique Antonin Balmes CHU de Montpellier, University I Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    C. Jeandel

  9. Department of Geriatrics — CHU Clermont-Ferrand: UPRES AME 2P, University of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    B. Lesourd

  10. APHP — Groupe Hospitalier Albert Chenevier-Henri Mondor, Unité de Médecine Gériatrique — Créteil — France, Créteil, France

    E. Paillaud

  11. Department of Geriatrics, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France

    A. Raynaud-Simon

  12. Gerontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France

    Y. Rolland

  13. INSERM UMR 1027, University of Toulouse III, F31059, Toulouse, France

    Y. Rolland

  14. French expert group Nutrition and Geriatrics (GEGN) from French geriatric society SFGG, Paris, France

    Marc Bonnefoy, G. Berrut, B. Lesourd, M. Ferry, O. Guerin, C. Jeandel, E. Paillaud, A. Raynaud-Simon, G. Ruault & Y. Rolland

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Bonnefoy, M., Berrut, G., Lesourd, B. et al. Frailty and nutrition: Searching for evidence. J Nutr Health Aging 19, 250–257 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-014-0568-3

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