Association of oral health with body weight: A prospective study in community-dwelling older adults

Background: To prevent involuntary weight loss in older people, the knowledge about factors affecting body weight (BW) is essential. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the longitudinal associations of multiple oral health aspects with BW in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: This analysis is based on prospective data with a 10-year follow...

Oral health determinants of incident malnutrition in community-dwelling older adults

Objective: Poor oral health might be a modifiable determinant of malnutrition in older age. We aimed to investigate the associations of multiple oral health characteristics with incident malnutrition in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: This exploratory analysis is based on prospective data from 893 participants, aged 55–80 years without...