Malnutrition in older persons : underestimated, underdiagnosed and undertreated
dc.contributor.author | Marais, M. L. | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-06T10:07:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-06T10:07:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.description | CITATION: Marais, M. L. 2017. Malnutrition in older persons : underestimated, underdiagnosed and undertreated. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 30(2):4-6. | |
dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.sajcn.co.za | |
dc.description.abstract | The right of older persons to enjoy optimal health and live in a dignified manner is protected in various international documents and national legislation.¹⁻⁴ The South African government embraced this obligation by embedding these socio-economic human rights in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996).⁵ Cognisant of the poor socio-economic status of individuals from various vulnerable demographic groups, the South African government implemented a social protection system to improve access to food and provide for living expenses.⁶ It is possible that this grant system contributed to the reported decrease in food insecurity in the last decade,⁷ since social grants have been reported to contribute to 42% of the household income for poor families.⁸ Yet, single interventions such as cash transfers, on their own, are not adequate to ameliorate malnutrition amongst older persons and children.⁹ | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.sajcn.co.za/index.php/SAJCN/article/view/1254 | |
dc.description.version | Publishers version | |
dc.format.extent | 3 pages | |
dc.identifier.citation | Marais, M. L. 2017. Malnutrition in older persons : underestimated, underdiagnosed and undertreated. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 30(2):4-6 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1607-0658 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2221-1268 (online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104800 | |
dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Medpharm Publications | |
dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
dc.subject | Older people -- Nutrition | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Malnutrition in older people | en_ZA |
dc.title | Malnutrition in older persons : underestimated, underdiagnosed and undertreated | en_ZA |
dc.type | Editorial | en_ZA |