Effects of nutritional intervention and physical training on energy intake, resting metabolic rate and body composition in frail elderly. a randomised, controlled pilot study.

Objectives: To analyse the effect of nutritional intervention and physical training on energy intake, resting metabolic rate (RMR) and body composition in the frail elderly.

Design: Open, randomised, controlled pilot treatment study.

Setting: Community-based research centre.

Nutrient density and variation in nutrient intake with changing energy intake in multimorbid nursing home residents.

Background: The low energy intake seen in some institutionalised elderly has led to a focus on energy dense diets. The present study aimed to investigate nutrient density in the diet of nursing home residents, and calculate how changes in energy intake affect nutrient intake.

Methods: The investigation comprised a longitudinal observational study analysing the relation between energy and nutrient intake in a general nursing home in Sweden.

Effects of a physical and nutritional intervention program for frail elderly people over age 75. A randomized controlled pilot treatment trial.

Background And Aims: There are few studies published that combine the interventions of physical training and nutrition. The aim of the present study was to describe the impact of a physical and nutritional intervention program for frail community- dwelling elderly people over the age of 75.

Methods: Ninety-six community-dwelling elderly people (58 women) were randomized to four different groups: i) a physical training program (aerobic, muscle strength, balance), ii) a nutritional intervention program (individually targeted advice and group sessions), iii) a combination of these interventions, and iv) a control group.

Resting metabolic rate in elderly nursing home patients with multiple diagnoses.

Background: In the diseased elderly weight loss and malnutrition are common. It is unclear to what degree this is caused by an elevated resting metabolic rate (RMR), a decreased energy intake or a combination of the two.

Objective: To measure RMR and nutrient induced thermogenesis (NIT) in chronically diseased elderly living in a nursing home and test for a correlation with fat free mass (FFM), age, energy intake and activities of daily living (ADL).

Repeated assessment of energy and nutrient intake in 52 nursing home residents.

Unlabelled: Studies in Swedish nursing-home patients have shown a high prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition. One potential cause for this may be low food intake.

Objective: To examine the intake of energy and nutrients in the residents of a nursing home; to investigate changes in dietary intake and body-weight over time and to analyze two-year-mortality.