Dear Colleagues,

Malnutrition referring to undernutrition is one of the most harmful co-morbidities among older adults and substantially burdens health, social, and aged care systems. It is estimated that around a quarter of older adults are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. This number is expected to rise alongside the rapid increase in the ageing population. The adverse effects of malnutrition are complex, such as frailty, delirium, decreased immunocompetence, muscle waste, hypothermia, osteoporosis, mood changes, cognitive impairment, lowered quality of life, and premature mortality regardless of the specific cause of death. This means evidence-based nutritional practice is important, including optimising nutritional pathways and incorporating dietary guidelines for older adults.

This Special Issue focuses on the importance of healthy nutritional status among older adults in the community, hospitals, or residential care. For older adults with or without malnutrition, a healthy nutritional status is a fundamental contributor to healthy ageing, rehabilitation, and preventing functional loss in frailty, sarcopenia, and pathological ageing.

Prof. Dr. Olof Gudny Geirsdottir
Guest Editor

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• nutritional care
• geriatric nutrition
• physical function
• cognitive function
• malnutrition
• PEM
• frailty