Malnutrition Among Elderly: Underestimated Health Risk

Many elderly people do not eat enough or fail to have a balanced diet, with serious consequences for their health. Prof. Dr. Dorothee Volkert from the Institute of Biomedicine of Aging at the Chair of Internal Medicine (Geriatrics) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) explains the relevance of malnutrition for the elderly, how to recognize the signs and what can be done to…

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