Too low protein and energy intake in nursing home residents.

Objectives: An optimal diet contributes to reducing malnutrition prevalence in the nursing home population. For this population, recommended daily intakes are ≥1.0 g protein/kg body weight and ≥27 energy kcal/kg body weight.

GLIM in nursing homes; practical implications.

Background: Only very few papers have described malnutrition prevalence rates according to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria in nursing homes, likely due to practical reasons such as missing data on body composition, dietary intake, or acute disease/inflammation.

Methods: Data was collected in 5 different nursing homes. Food intake measurements took place over 3 days of observations, and intakes below 90% of energy or protein requirements were regarded as insufficient.

Effectiveness of nutritional supplements on cognitive functioning in elderly persons: a systematic review.

Background: The effectiveness of nutritional supplementation in improving cognitive functioning is evaluated in elderly people.

Methods: The authors systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials that compared nutritional supplementation with a placebo treatment. Trials were identified from a MEDLINE search and from reference lists of identified studies and review articles.