Frailty, a critical intermediate status of the aging process that is at increased risk for negative
health-related events, includes physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains or …

Many, even healthy, older people fail to adequately regulate food intake and experience
loss of weight. Aging-associated changes in the regulation of appetite and the lack of hunger …

Background Sarcopenia, frailty, cachexia and malnutrition are widespread syndromes in
older people, characterized by loss of body tissue and related to poor outcome. The aim of …

Anorexia is commonly present in persons with cancer and a major component of cancer
cachexia. There are multiple causes of anorexia in cancer. Peripherally, these can be due to …

It is not well recognized that in the elderly weight loss is more common than weight gain. The
aim of this analysis was to determine the effect of ageing on appetite (hunger/fullness) and …

In older persons, the origin of malnutrition is often multifactorial with a multitude of factors
involved. Presently, a common understanding about potential causes and their mode of …

In the last decade, it has become clear that older persons who are frail or sarcopenic have
very high rates of functional deterioration, hospitalization, and death. Recently, it has …

The anorexia of aging was first recognized as a physiological syndrome 30 years ago. Its
major causes are an alteration in fundal compliance with an increase in antral stretch and …

The physical frailty phenotype consists of fatigue, weight loss, and loss of muscle power.
Sarcopenia has been shown to be a major cause of frailty. Six societies including SCWD …

A nutritionally vulnerable older adult has a reduced physical reserve that limits the ability to
mount a vigorous recovery in the face of an acute health threat or stressor. Often, this …