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Frailty and food insecurity in older adults.

Mario Ulises Pérez-ZepedaRoberto Carlos Castrejón-PérezEmma Wynne-BannisterCarmen García-Peña
Published in: Public health nutrition (2016)
According to our results, food insecurity is associated to frailty, which in turn is a condition that renders the older adult at a higher risk of developing adverse outcomes. Targeted food programmes for older adults with a high risk of having food insecurity or of being frail may improve health in this population group.
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