Nutritional problems in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease: Risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia

ABSTRACT Objective Understand the nutritional problems and detect the presence of sarcopenia in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease. Methods Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out among elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease receiving care at the Unidade de Saúde de Atenção ao Idoso (E...

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Main Authors: Danielle Rodrigues LECHETA, Maria Eliana Madalozzo SCHIEFERDECKER, Ana Paula de MELLO, Ivete BERKENBROCK, João CARDOSO NETO, Eliane Mara Cesário Pereira MALUF
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
Series:Revista de Nutrição
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