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ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2017

Poor Appetite and Dietary Intake in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Barbara S van der Meij, Hanneke A H Wijnhoven, Jung S Lee, Denise K Houston, Trisha Hue, Tamara B Harris, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Anne B Newman, Marjolein Visser

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Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Barbara S van der MeijDepartment of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0412-2801
Hanneke A H WijnhovenDepartment of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jung S LeeDepartment of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Denise K HoustonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Trisha HueDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tamara B HarrisLaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Stephen B KritchevskyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Anne B NewmanGraduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, SA.
Marjolein VisserDepartment of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bond University · AUWake Forest University · USAmsterdam Public Health · NLNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Georgia · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

VARIABILITY, STABILITY & SMOOTHNESS OF WALKINGP30AG024827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Caterina Rosano · 2004 to 2026
$28.6M
Health, Aging and Body Composition StudyZIAAG007390 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI LAUNER, LENORE J · 2009 to 2024
$4.0M
Peripheral Nerve Function Decline in an Aged CohortR01AG028050 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STROTMEYER, ELSA S. · 2007 to 2015
$3.5M
End of Life in the Very OldR01NR012459 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ALBERT, STEVEN M, LUNNEY, JUNE R · 2011 to 2015
$2.7M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AG999999NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024827NIA NIH HHS R01 AG028050NINR NIH HHS R01 NR012459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesPoor appetite in older adults leads to sub-optimal food intake and increases the risk of undernutrition. The impact of poor appetite on food intake in older adults is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the differences in food intake among older community-dwelling adults with different reported appetite levels.

designCross-sectional analysis of data from a longitudinal prospective study.

settingHealth, aging, and body composition study performed in the USA.

participants2,597 community-dwelling adults aged 70-79. MEASUREMENTS: A semi-quantitative, interviewer-administered, 108-item food frequency questionnaire designed to estimate dietary intake. Poor appetite was defined as the report of a moderate, poor, or very poor appetite in the past month and was compared with good or very good appetite.

resultsThe mean age of the study sample was 74.5 ± 2.8 years; 48.2% were men, 37.7% were black, and 21.8% reported a poor appetite. After adjustment for total energy intake and potential confounders (including biting/chewing problems), participants with a poor appetite had a significantly lower consumption of protein and dietary fiber, solid foods, protein rich foods, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, but a higher consumption of dairy foods, fats, oils, sweets, and sodas compared to participants with very good appetite. In addition, they were less likely to report consumption of significant larger portion sizes.

conclusionOlder adults reporting a poor appetite showed a different dietary intake pattern compared to those with (very) good appetite. Better understanding of the specific dietary intake pattern related to a poor appetite in older adults can be used for nutrition interventions to enhance food intake, diet variety, and diet quality.

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AppetiteEatingAgedCross-Sectional StudiesDiet SurveysFeeding BehaviorFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHumansIndependent LivingLongitudinal StudiesMaleProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited Statesagedappetiteelderlyfood preferencesundernutrition

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