Anorexia of aging
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2021.04.023
- VernacularTitle:老年性厌食症
- Author:
Shan ZHANG
;
Songbai ZHENG
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2021;40(4):513-518
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Anorexia of aging is one of the common clinical geriatric syndrome in clinic, characterized by the persistent and significant decreasing of appetite and/or by reducing a food intake in the elderly, which can cause various adverse consequences and increase the morbidity and mortality.However, clinicians have insufficient understanding of anorexia in the elderly, and often regard the anorexia of aging as the normal phenomenon of aging and might ignore it.This article reviews the domestic and foreign relevant literatures on anorexia of aging.
