Malnutrition in Older Adults in the United States

Fraser, Angela

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40007-5_87-1

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“…In Australia, up to 50% of older adults (>65 years) are malnourished or at an increased risk of malnutrition [ 27 ]. A moderate-high risk of malnutrition has also been reported by other studies conducted in different countries [ 28 , 29 , 30 ]. The evidence suggests that those experiencing hip and knee pain are at an increased risk of sarcopenia (a form of malnutrition where the loss of muscle mass occurs) and falls [ 31 , 32 , 33 ].…”

Section: The Nutrition-related Health Of People Experiencing Painsupporting

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The Importance of Nutrition as a Lifestyle Factor in Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review

Elma

Brain

Dong

2022

JCM

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In everyday clinical practice, healthcare professionals often meet chronic pain patients with a poor nutritional status. A poor nutritional status such as malnutrition, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and a suboptimal dietary intake can play a significant role in the occurrence, development, and prognosis of chronic pain. The relationship between nutrition and chronic pain is complex and may involve many underlying mechanisms such as oxidative stress, inflammation, and glucose metabolism. As such, pain management requires a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach that includes nutrition. Nutrition is the top modifiable lifestyle factor for chronic non-communicable diseases including chronic pain. Optimizing one’s dietary intake and behavior needs to be considered in pain management. Thus, this narrative review reports and summarizes the existing evidence regarding (1) the nutrition-related health of people experiencing pain (2) the underlying potential mechanisms that explain the interaction between nutrition and chronic pain, and (3) the role of nutrition screening, assessment and evaluation for people experiencing pain and the scope of nutrition practice in pain management. Future directions in the nutrition and chronic pain field are also discussed.

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Section: The Nutrition-related Health Of People Experiencing Painsupporting

confidence: 74%

The Importance of Nutrition as a Lifestyle Factor in Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review

Elma

Brain

Dong

2022

JCM

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“…Approximately 60% of the United States population experiences diet-related chronic disease such as overweight/obesity, heart disease, stroke, or T2D [91,92]. Approximately 56 million adults aged 65 and older currently live in the United States, and up to 60% of those individuals are estimated to experience malnutrition [93,94]. Another 10% of the United States population experiences physician-diagnosed food allergies and/or intolerances [95,96].…”

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Informatics for your Gut: at the Interface of Nutrition, the Microbiome, and Technology

2023

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Background: A significant portion of individuals in the United States and worldwide experience diseases related to or driven by diet. As research surrounding user-centered design and the microbiome grows, movement of the spectrum of translational science from bench to bedside for improvement of human health through nutrition becomes more accessible. In this literature survey, we examined recent literature examining informatics research at the interface of nutrition and the microbiome. Objectives: The objective of this survey was to synthesize recent literature describing how technology is being applied to understand health at the interface of nutrition and the microbiome focusing on the perspective of the consumer. Methods: A survey of the literature published between January 1, 2021 and October 10, 2022 was performed using the PubMed database and resulting literature was evaluated against inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: A total of 139 papers were retrieved and evaluated against inclusion and exclusion criteria. After evaluation, 45 papers were reviewed in depth revealing four major themes: (1) microbiome and diet, (2) usability,(3) reproducibility and rigor, and (4) precision medicine and precision nutrition. Conclusions: A review of the relationships between current literature on technology, nutrition and the microbiome, and self-management of dietary patterns was performed. Major themes that emerged from this survey revealed exciting new horizons for consumer management of diet and disease, as well as progress towards elucidating the relationship between diet, the microbiome, and health outcomes. The survey revealed continuing interest in the study of diet-related disease and the microbiome and acknowledgement of needs for data re-use, sharing, and unbiased and rigorous measurement of the microbiome. The literature also showed trends toward enhancing the usability of digital interventions to support consumer health and home management, and consensus building around how precision medicine and precision nutrition may be applied in the future to improve human health outcomes and prevent diet-related disease.

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“…Malnutrition and dehydration are associated with declines in health status [12] and decreased bone health [13] resulting in increased frailty and greater fall risk [14,15], higher rates of hospitalization [16], and increased mortality risk [17][18][19][20]. Considering that between 25% and 33% of older adults age 65 years and older fall every year [21,22], the relationship between malnutrition, dehydration, and falls among older people is important to consider [15,20].…”

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A Brief Intervention for Malnutrition among Older Adults: Stepping Up Your Nutrition

Smith

Bergeron

Lachenmayr³

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Despite a multitude of nutritional risk factors among older adults, there is a lack of community-based programs and activities that screen for malnutrition and address modifiable risk among this vulnerable population. Given the known association of protein and fluid consumption with fall-related risk among older adults and the high prevalence of falls among Americans age 65 years and older each year, a brief intervention was created. Stepping Up Your Nutrition (SUYN) is a 2.5 h workshop developed through a public/private partnership to motivate older adults to reduce their malnutrition risk. The purposes of this naturalistic workshop dissemination were to: (1) describe the SUYN brief intervention; (2) identify participant characteristics associated with malnutrition risk; and (3) identify participant characteristics associated with subsequent participation in Stepping On (SO), an evidence-based fall prevention program. Data were analyzed from 429 SUYN participants, of which 38% (n = 163) subsequently attended SO. As measured by the SCREEN II®, high and moderate malnutrition risk scores were reported among approximately 71% and 20% of SUYN participants, respectively. Of the SUYN participants with high malnutrition risk, a significantly larger proportion attended a subsequent SO workshop (79.1%) compared to SUYN participants who did not proceed to SO (65.8%) (χ2 = 8.73, p = 0.013). Findings suggest SUYN may help to identify malnutrition risk among community-dwelling older adults and link them to needed services like evidence-based programs. Efforts are needed to expand the delivery infrastructure of SUYN to reach more at-risk older adults.

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Malnutrition in Older Adults in the United States

Cited by 5 publications

References 44 publications

The Importance of Nutrition as a Lifestyle Factor in Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review

The Importance of Nutrition as a Lifestyle Factor in Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review

Informatics for your Gut: at the Interface of Nutrition, the Microbiome, and Technology

A Brief Intervention for Malnutrition among Older Adults: Stepping Up Your Nutrition

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