title: Overweight and obesity among older adults on admission to hospital.
abstract: Poor nutritional status, which includesboth under- a nd over-nutrition, i s associated w it h poor health outcomes. T his cross-sectional study assessed the nutritional status of older patients admitted to an acute geriatric ward of a Dublin hospital. Anthropometric and clinical measurements were made. Thirty patients, mean (sd) age 79 (7) y and body mass index 26.6 (4.7) kg/m2, participated. More patients were overweight (n = 12) or obese (n = 9) than underweight (n= 1) or healthy weight (n = 8) which indicates that this age-group may be part of the Irish obesity epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health Science, St lames's Hospital, Dublin. fiona.lithander@tcd.ie
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Lithander
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Keogh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Killeen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*