Screening older people at risk of malnutrition or malnourished using the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ): a comparison with the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool.

Objectives: The Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is recommended to assess malnutrition in older people. However, its implementation is challenging in large elderly population, nursing home, or community or large clinical research programs. The Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ), a self-assessment nutritional screening tool that predicts weight loss, could be used to screen older people at risk of malnutrition or malnourishment.