Malnutrition in the elderly Knowledge Hub
Description
- The Joint Action “Malnutrition in the Elderly Knowledge Hub” is part of the Strategic Research Agenda of the Joint Programming Initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life”.
Objectives of the MaNuEL project are:
• gain knowledge regarding the definition, prevalence, effective screening and aetiology of malnutrition in older persons in different health care settings across Europe
• provide effective evidence-based strategies and recommendations regarding malnutrition in the elderly
• develop a productive and sustainable competence network of researchers with complementary expertise in the field of malnutrition in older persons
• promote harmonisation of screening and assessment of malnutrition in older persons in current practice as well as future research
• to provide an insight in current clinical practice, health professionals education, and policies on malnutrition to identify best practice examples and recommendations for improvement
MaNuEL consists of a consortium of 22 research groups from 7 countries (Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and New Zealand). From BIPS the department
'Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research' is involved in the project.
Funding period
- Begin: April 2016
End: September 2018
Sponsor
- Federal Office of Agriculture and Food