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Malnutrition & Frailty Screening in Older Adults: Challenges & Opportunities for Dietetic Professionals

Author(s): Mary Weiler, Mary Beth Arensberg, Marika H Paul, Jaime J Gahche, Laura Comee, Jessica L Krok-Schoen                       and Johanna T Dwyer

Abstract

This article, published in Nutrition Today, describes the results of a survey of US registered dietitian nutritionists that identifies opportunities and challenges related to malnutrition and frailty screening of older adults. 

Author Bio(s)

Mary Weiler, PhD, RDN, LDN

Senior Scientist, Pediatric Nutrition  
Abbott 
Columbus, Ohio, USA

Mary Beth Arensberg, PhD, RDN, LDN, FAND

Director Health Policy 
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute
Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Marika H. Paul, PhD, MS

Lecturer for the Division of Health Services Management and Policy 
College of Public Health at The Ohio State University. 
Columbus, Ohio, USA 

Jaime J Gahche, PhD, MPH

Nutritional Epidemiologist 
Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health. 
Bethesda, Maryland, USA 

Laura Comee, MS, RDN, LDN

Medical Affairs Specialist  
Abbott 
Columbus, Ohio, USA 

Jessica L Krok-Schoen, PhD

Assistant Professor  
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The Ohio State University. 
Columbus, Ohio, USA 

Johanna T Dwyer, DSc, RDN

Senior Nutrition Scientist - Office of Dietary Supplements for the National Institutes of Health 
Professor of Medicine and Community Health - The Schools of Medicine and Nutrition Science  
Policy and Senior Nutrition Scientist - The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University 
Director - Frances Stern Nutrition Center at the Tufts Medical Center. 

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