New WHO Guidelines Highlight the Importance of Nutrition
The World Health Organization recently published Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE): Guidelines on Community-Level Interventions to Manage Declines in Intrinsic Capacity. These were developed as evidence-based recommendations for healthcare professionals to “help prevent, slow or reverse declines in the physical and mental capacities of older people.” Included in the guidelines is a recommendation for addressing malnutrition: Oral supplemental nutrition with dietary advice should be recommended for older people affected by undernutrition. Here is a summary of the recommendations. Details can be found on pages 9–11 of the guidelines