Introduction: Poor nutritional status can impair oral health while poor oral health can influence the individual's dietary intake, which may result in malnutrition. This interaction between nutritional status and oral health in older age requires attention, coordination and collaboration between healthcare …

Voor veel cliëntgroepen is een behandeling vanuit meer dan één (para)medische zorgdiscipline vereist, met name als sprake is van een chronische aandoening of multimorbiditeit. Afstemming en samenwer king tussen deze disciplines (interprofessionele samenwerking) is dan noodzakelij k om goede zorg te …

Twenty years ago, ESPEN published its “Guidelines for nutritional screening 2002”, with the note that these guidelines were based on the evidence available until 2002, and that they needed to be updated and adapted to current state of knowledge in the future. Twenty years have passed, and tremendous …

Het doel van het onderzoek was inzicht verkrijgen in patiënten die bij de diëtist in een eerstelijnspraktijk behandeld worden om te herstellen van COVID-19. Dit onderzoek richtte zich op patiënten en diëtisten in Nederland.

An adequate protein intake is important for healthy ageing, yet nearly 50% of Dutch community-dwelling older adults do not meet protein recommendations. This study explores protein intake in relation to eight behavioral determinants (I-Change model) among Dutch community-dwelling older adults. Data were …

BACKGROUND & AIM: Malnutrition adversely influences a broad range of physical and psychological symptoms. Although polypharmacy is often mentioned to be associated with malnutrition, especially in older people it is unclear to what extent. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the extent …

Muscle loss alone, or in the context of sarcopenia or cachexia, is a prevalent condition and a predictor of negative outcomes in aging and disease. As adequate nutrition is essential for muscle maintenance, a growing number of studies has been conducted to explore the role of specific nutrients on muscle …

Nutritional intervention is an essential part of cancer treatments. Research and clinical evidence in cancer have shown that nutritional support can reduce length of hospitalisation, diminish treatment-related toxicity, and improve nutrient intake, quality of life, and physical function. Nutritional …