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Protein intake, physical activity and grip strength in European and North Ameri...
Mendonça, Nuno; Hengeveld, Linda M; Presse, Nancy; Canhão, Helena; Simonsick, Eleanor M; Kritchevsky, Stephen B; Farsijani, Samaneh; Gaudreau, PierretteINTRODUCTION: Higher dietary protein, alone or in combination with physical activity (PA), may slow the loss of age-related muscle strength in older adults. We investigated the longitudinal relationship between protein intake and grip strength, and the interaction between protein intake and PA, using four longitudinal ageing cohorts. METHODS: Individual participant data from 5584 older adults (52% women; median...
Low protein intake, physical activity, and physical function in European and No...
Mendonça, Nuno; Hengeveld, Linda M; Visser, Marjolein; Presse, Nancy; Canhão, Helena; Simonsick, Eleanor M; Kritchevsky, Stephen B; Newman, Anne B© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Nutrition.; BACKGROUND: Dietary protein may slow the decline in muscle mass and function with aging, making it a sensible candidate to prevent or modulate disability progression. At present, studies providing reliable estimates of the association between protein intake and physical function, and its interaction with...
Prevalence of protein intake below recommended in community‐dwelling older adul...
Hengeveld, Linda M.; Boer, Jolanda M.A.; Gaudreau, Pierrette; Heymans, Martijn W.; Jagger, Carol; Mendonça, Nuno; Ocké, Marga C.; Presse, NancyEuropean Horizon 2020 PROMISS Project ‘PRevention Of Malnutrition In Senior Subjects in the EU’, (grant agreement no. 678732). The content only reflects the author’s view and the commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.; Background: Lower protein intake in older adults is associated with loss of muscle mass and strength. The present study aimed to provide a pool...