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AbstractASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS: Protein-calorie malnutrition is frequent and often severe in fragile hospitalized or institutionalized elderly subjects. Underdiagnosis and undertreatment is commonplace. Since under- or malnutrition is more difficult to correct in the elderly than in the young subject, a careful assessment of the nutritional status must be made in order to recognize any nutritional disorder early and initiate proper treatment early.
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