Provision of a daily high protein and high energy meal: Effects on the physical and psychological wellbeing of community-dwelling, malnourished older adults; a randomised crossover trial
Provision of high protein, high energy meals to community dwelling older adults for 12-weeks improved nutritional status and handgrip strength, indicative of reduced frailty risk. Benefits were not retained upon withdrawal of the intervention, suggesting a need for sustained interventions in this cohort to meet nutritional needs. Home-delivered meals offer a popular, and scalable intervention for community dwelling older adults to prevent malnutrition, promote health and sustain high quality independent living thus reducing the burden of ageing and frailty on health and social care systems.
Authors
- Claire Hulme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-0419)
- Joanna L. Bowtell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4281-9212)
- Luciana Torquati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4896-7598)
- Mary F. O’Leary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1845-9568)
- Brad Metcalf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9142-3732)
- Manuela Barreto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-7233)
- I. L. MCCLELLAND
- Mary Hickson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7996-0095)
- Jonathan Fulford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5945-1688)
- Lauren Struszczak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3574-8927)
- R Allen
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Torbay Hospital (GB)
- Heavitree Hospital (GB)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The journal of nutrition health & aging
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnha.2024.100429
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.65
Funders
- Torbay Medical Research Fund
- University of Exeter
- Headley Trust