ReviewZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2015
Weight loss and undernutrition in community-dwelling patients with Alzheimer's dementia: From population based studies to clinical management.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Optimizing mealtime care and outcomes for people with dementia and their caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention studies.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Pooled it
- Effect on Body Weight, Quality of Life and Appetite Following Individualized, Nutritional Counselling to Home-Living Elderly after Rehabilitation - An Open Randomized Trial.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Trial
- Nutrition: A non-negligible factor in the pathogenesis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Review
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- Dementia resources for eating, activity, and meaningful inclusion (DREAM) toolkit co-development: process, output, and lessons learned.Research involvement and engagement · 2023Article
- The association between oral health and nutritional status in older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Observational
- Person-Centered and Task-Centered Care and Mealtime Behaviors in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: Impact on Food Intake.Innovation in aging · 2022Article
- Factors associated with unintentional weight loss among older adults in a geriatric outpatient clinic of university hospital.PloS one · 2021Article
- Androgen Therapy in Neurodegenerative Diseases.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2020Review
- Food intake is associated with verbal interactions between nursing home staff and residents with dementia: A secondary analysis of videotaped observations.International journal of nursing studies · 2020Article
- Differences in service utilization at an urban tribal health organization before and after Alzheimer's disease or related dementia diagnosis: A cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2019Article
- Eating performance in relation to intake of solid and liquid food in nursing home residents with dementia: A secondary behavioral analysis of mealtime videos.International journal of nursing studies · 2019Article
- Factors influencing the pace of food intake for nursing home residents with dementia: Resident characteristics, staff mealtime assistance and environmental stimulation.Nursing open · 2019Article
- Direct Measurements of Abdominal Visceral Fat and Cognitive Impairment in Late Life: Findings From an Autopsy Study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2019Article
- The nutritional care of people living with dementia at home: A scoping review.Health & social care in the community · 2018Article
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- Hypothalamic Alterations in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Their Relation to Abnormal Energy Metabolism.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2018Review
- Weight Loss in Patients with Dementia: Considering the Potential Impact of Pharmacotherapy.Drugs & aging · 2017Review
- Mealtime nonverbal behaviors in nursing home staff and residents with dementia: Behavioral analyses of videotaped observations.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
- Nutritional Status is Associated With Severe Dementia and Mortality: The Cache County Dementia Progression Study.Alzheimer disease and associated disordersArticle
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Abstract
Weight loss and undernutrition are commonly described in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and have been associated with various adverse outcomes. Therefore, it is important to know what the best approach is to community-dwelling AD patients with a risk of developing a poor nutritional status; however, there is currently no evidence on which to base nutritional recommendations. Expert based recommendations are that the nutritional status should be part of the work-up of all AD patients. If weight loss of 5% or more has occurred in 3-6 months or if the mini-nutritional assessment (MNA) classifies a patient as undernourished, a nutritional intervention should be started. The intervention should be multifactorial and encompass treatment of the underlying proposed causes and risk factors of weight loss and undernutrition as well as improvement of the nutritional status by increasing energy and protein intake combined with daily physical activity.
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