Nutrition and Health Outcomes in Older People Eligible for Rehabilitation
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Geriatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Interests: rehabilitation; geriatrics; malnutrition; dysphagia; appetite; sarcopenia; physical function; physical activity; prognosis; nursing home
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Dear Colleagues,
Nutrition is an important factor affecting functional prognoses and health outcomes in rehabilitation intervention in older people, but its contribution has not been fully elucidated. While the effects of nutrition are diverse, so are the causes of nutritional disorders; in particular, in older people, nutritional disorders are often caused by sensory, cognitive, mental, and social vulnerabilities. Nutritional measures for older people, therefore, need to be implemented comprehensively through collaboration between multiple professions, but an effective system for doing so is unclear. As described above, many issues remain, and we hope that this Special Issue will provide clues to solving them.
This Special Issue focuses specifically on the role of nutrition in improving functional recovery and health status in older adults during rehabilitation or when rehabilitation is needed.
Prof. Dr. Satoru Ebihara
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- malnutrition
- dysphagia
- appetite
- taste
- frailty
- sarcopenia
- physical function
- physical activity
- prognosis
- event-free survival
- ADL
- QoL
- nursing home
- caregivers
- end-of-life
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