Nutrition

After two years of investigation, academic researchers have come to a place that may surprise many close observers: They have found no direct correlation between nutrition and dementia risk.

It just occurred to me that I missed writing a blog about National Nutrition Month this year. National Nutrition Month was created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as a nutrition education and...

Improving culinary operations not only provides better nutrition and variety for residents of senior living communities, but may help improve their mental health, a provider says.

Clinicians should be aware that a first set of dentures may come with the risk of declining nutritional status, dentist-researchers say.

Initial and ongoing nutritional risk assessments are vital in combatting malnutrition in elderly nursing home residents.

Study results underscore the need for a thorough nutritional review and intervention in this population, investigators say.

Dietitians and nephrologists only communicated sometimes on kidney nutrition care in 60 percent or more of countries

Older and middle-aged adults who consume a diet high in simple carbohydrates and saturated fats have higher odds of developing frailty, a new study finds.

I’m all about simplistic solutions to impossible difficulties. Faced with huge challenges like staffing, staffing and staffing, long-term care operators, administrators and clinical leaders are feeling...

Association seems to be particularly pronounced among individuals living in areas with higher socioeconomic deprivation