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Nutritional status among elderly in India

Indian J Public Health • 2020

Vaish K, et al.

Open source

Quick takeaway

Cross-sectional evidence in India elderly population focused on nutrition screening baseline and tracked malnutrition prevalence. Useful for targeting nutrition services and understanding the baseline scale of risk.

Why this matters

Useful for targeting nutrition services and understanding the baseline scale of risk.

Key caution

The design can identify patterns and targets, but not prove that the observed association is causal.

Nutritional status among elderly in India