Screening for the Anorexia of Aging

Warne, C.; Forrester, I.T.; Jones, L.; Morley, John E.

doi:10.1007/s12603-019-1195-9

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“…In the light of all these social, physiological, and clinical changes and eating disorders in aging and dementia, it is clear the importance of a comprehensive assessment of eating behavior throughout the entire course of aging. A screening tool to assess the eating patterns and nutrients intake of older people could allow adequate intervention among health professionals and could potentially reduce health care costs (99).…”

Section: Assessment Of Eating Behavior In Aging and Dementiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Of these, the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ), have become the most widely used among older people to investigate anorexia (99). While MNA is able to classify older people as well-nourished, at risk for malnutrition or malnourished through 18 self-reported questions derived from four parameters of assessment (weight changes, dietary assessment and self-assessment) (102), the fourquestion SNAQ score may be effective in identifying individuals at risk of significant weight loss, moderately correlate with the MNA (99). This combined assessment could be useful for a comprehensive screening of physiological anorexia and consequent risk for weight loss and malnutrition in the early phases of elderly age.…”

Section: Screening Tools For Eating Behavior In Agingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Eating Behavior in Aging and Dementia: The Need for a Comprehensive Assessment

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Eating behavior can change during aging due to physiological, psychological, and social changes. Modifications can occur at different levels: (1) in food choice, (2) in eating habits, and (3) in dietary intake. A good dietary behavior, like the Mediterranean dietary pattern, can be a protective factor for some aging related pathologies, such as dementia, while a worse eating behavior can lead to pathological conditions such as malnutrition. Changes in eating behavior can also be linked to the onset of dementia: for some types of dementia, such as frontotemporal dementia, dietary changes are one of the key clinical diagnostic feature, for others, like Alzheimer's disease, weight loss is a clinical reported feature. For these reasons, it is important to be able to assess eating behavior in a proper way, considering that there are normal age-related changes. An adequate assessment of dietary behavior can help to plan preventive intervention strategies for heathy aging or can help to identify abnormal behaviors that underline aging related-diseases. In this review, we have analyzed normal age-related and dementia-related changes and the tools that can be used to assess eating behavior. Thus, we make recommendations to screening and monitoring eating behavior in aging and dementia, and to adopt these tools in clinical practice.

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Eating Behavior in Aging and Dementia: The Need for a Comprehensive Assessment

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“…Older persons with weight loss should be examined for treatable causes of weight loss as delineated by the MEALS-ON-WHEELS mnemonic ( 8 ). In addition, the use of a caloric supplement can be considered ( 72 ) (Table 3 ). The FRAIL screen has been integrated with 3 other tests: The SARC-F (Sarcopenia) ( 2 , 73 ), the Simplified Nutrition Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) ( 74 , 75 ) and the Rapid Cognitive Screen (RCS) ( 76 ) to provide a more comprehensive geriatric examination, which can be performed by a primary care provider or other allied health care professionals (Figure 1 ).…”

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Screening for and Managing the Person with Frailty in Primary Care: ICFSR Consensus Guidelines

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“…Interestingly, protein energy malnutrition in older persons is independent of socioeconomic status and goes beyond the availability of resources to buy food (32). For this reason, screening for anorexia of aging, utilizing the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ), is a key to early prevention of weight loss (33,34). Anorexia, as determined by the SNAQ, is a determinant of quality of life in older persons (35).…”

Section: Nutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%