Age related changes in gut physiology and nutritional status
Lovat LB;;
Gut1996Vol. 38pp. -
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lb1996gutage
Abstract
Few gastrointestinal functions decline to an important extent as a result of old age alone and there is little clinical evidence that significant malnutrition occurs in any normal elderly person as a result of the aging process itself. Nevertheless, decreased gastrointestinal reserve makes older peo …