Malnutrition Risk, Physical Function Decline and Disability in Middle-Aged and Older Adults Followed Up in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study

Malnutrition and population ageing are doubly global healthcare challenges. It is widely recognized that disability is a major contributor to malnutrition among older people, but the importance of reducing malnutrition risk (MR) for disability prevention is given little attention. We investigated the association between MR and risk of incident disability and functional decline among community-dwelling older persons.Prospective cohort study of...