• Malnutrition among older adults living in Portuguese nursing homes: The PEN-3S study 

      Madeira, Teresa; Peixoto-Plácido, Catarina; Sousa-Santos, Nuno; Santos, Osvaldo; Alarcao, Violeta; Goulão, Beatriz; Mendonca, Nuno; Nicola, Paulo J.; Yngve, Agneta; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid; Amaral, Teresa F; Lopes, Carla; Gorjao Clara, Joao (Public Health Nutrition;Volume 22, Issue 3, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-15)
      Objective: To characterise the nutritional status and to identify malnutritionassociated variables of older adults living in Portuguese nursing homes. Design: Cross-sectional study. Data on demographic and socio-economic ...
    • National survey of the Portuguese elderly nutritional status: Study protocol 

      Madeira, Teresa; Peixoto-Plácido, Catarina; Goulão, Beatriz; Mendonca, Nuno; Alarcao, Violeta; Santos, Nuno; De Oliveira, Rita Machado; Yngve, Agneta; Bye, Asta; Bergland, Astrid; Lopes, Carla; Nicola, Paulo; Santos, Osvaldo; Clara, João Gorjão (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background Worldwide we are facing a serious demographic challenge due to the dramatic growth of the population over 60 years. It is expected that the proportion of this population will nearly double from 12 to 22 %, ...