Current Understanding of Sarcopenia and Malnutrition in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Shinta Nishioka

doi:10.3390/nu15061426

Current Understanding of Sarcopenia and Malnutrition in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Nutrients. 2023 Mar 16;15(6):1426. doi: 10.3390/nu15061426.

Author

Shinta Nishioka^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food Management, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
² Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food Services, Nagasaki Rehabilitation Hospital, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.

Abstract

Malnutrition and sarcopenia are different but common conditions in older adults that share some underlying causes, including age-related physiological changes, decreased food intake, acute or chronic inflammation [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Aged
Geriatric Assessment
Humans
Inflammation / complications
Malnutrition* / etiology
Sarcopenia* / etiology

Grants and funding

This editorial was funded by a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (KAKENHI) No. 22K17827 for English editing.