The Nutritional Issue of Older People Receiving Home-Delivered Meals: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Setting up a home-delivered meal service often allows older people suffering from physical and/or cognitive disabilities to stay at home. However, older people who delegate their food activities (food purchasing, cooking…) have been reported to have a worse nutritional status than people who take care of their food activities. In this context, we will conduct a systematic review of all studies related to the nutritional issue in home-delivered meal older recipients. Methods: In June 2020, we searched 3 databases (Pubmed, Web of Science, EMBASE) to identify studies from all years on older adults at home and receiving home-delivered meal services (population). The following outcomes were considered: nutritional status (Body Mass Index, weight, undernut

SUBMITTER: Fleury S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7982843 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature