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Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
The Mini Nutritional Assessment is a simple, rapid, and non-invasive screening tool designed to identify malnutrition and nutritional risk in older adults. Developed by Guigoz, Vellas, and colleagues in 1994, it combines subjective assessment with objective anthropometric and laboratory measurements. It is widely used in clinical practice, research, and community settings to detect nutritional decline and guide intervention.
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- Guigoz, Y., Vellas, B., & Garry, P. J. (1994). Mini Nutritional Assessment: A practical assessment tool for grading the nutritional state of elderly patients. Facts and Research in Gerontology, Supplement 2, 15-59. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545598.003 ↗
- Vellas, B., Villars, H., Abellan, G., et al. (2006). Overview of the MNA-Its history and challenges. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 10(6), 456-465. link ↗