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Food Supplements and Elderly People – Challenges and Risks

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dc.abstract.enPolypharmacy and malnutrition are common health issues among older adults. In older people, there is a high prevalence of polypharmacy and malnutrition, and preliminary data also indicates that there is a significant of Food Supplements (FS) use, increasing the risk of duplication of thera-pies and several adverse reactions and drug-FS and FS-FS interactions. The intervention of health professionals in mitigating these risks is essential. This review not only underscores and discusses the potential association between polypharmacy, malnutrition, and food supplements but also presents current scientific evidence on polypharmacy, malnutrition, and the use of food supplements by the elderly. The work reviews the challenges, advantages and risks of using FS for the elderly who are polymedicated and/or malnourished, focusing on the good practices needed to support healthy ageing. In this regard, the paper intends to help health professionals better deal with the issue of polypharmacy and the use of multiple FS to overcome the malnutrition problem and improve the health and well-being of older adults.
dc.affiliationWydział Nauk o Żywności i Żywieniu
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Żywienia Człowieka i Dietetyki
dc.contributor.authorCampos, Maria João
dc.contributor.authorCzłapka-Matyasik, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorPena, Angelina
dc.date.access2025-12-17
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-18T08:28:56Z
dc.date.available2025-12-18T08:28:56Z
dc.date.copyright2024-02-12
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>Polypharmacy and malnutrition are common health issues among older adults. In older people, there is a high prevalence of polypharmacy and malnutrition, and preliminary data also indicates that there is a significant of Food Supplements (FS) use, increasing the risk of duplication of thera-pies and several adverse reactions and drug-FS and FS-FS interactions. The intervention of health professionals in mitigating these risks is essential. This review not only underscores and discusses the potential association between polypharmacy, malnutrition, and food supplements but also presents current scientific evidence on polypharmacy, malnutrition, and the use of food supplements by the elderly. The work reviews the challenges, advantages and risks of using FS for the elderly who are polymedicated and/or malnourished, focusing on the good practices needed to support healthy ageing. In this regard, the paper intends to help health professionals better deal with the issue of polypharmacy and the use of multiple FS to overcome the malnutrition problem and improve the health and well-being of older adults.</jats:p>
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dc.identifier.doi10.20944/preprints202402.0688.v1
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/6429
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202402.0688
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dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.share.typeOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.enfood supplements
dc.subject.enmalnutrition
dc.subject.enelderly
dc.subject.enpolypharmacy
dc.subject.enpharmacists
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dc.titleFood Supplements and Elderly People – Challenges and Risks
dc.typeJournalArticle
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