title: Undernutrition in the European SENECA studies.
abstract: The SENECA study, which sampled a cohort of community-dwelling persons born between 1913 and 1918 in 12 European countries in baseline (1988), follow up (1993), and final (1999) surveys, found a relatively high risk of malnutrition despite a low prevalence of actual malnourishment. The results point out the importance of monitoring nutritional status in healthy elderly adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Bomenweg 2, 6703 HD Wageningen, The Netherlands. Lisette.degroot@staff.nutepi.wau.nl
authors.forename: C P G M
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: van Staveren
mesh_terms: D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys