Short-term protein and energy supplementation activates nitrogen kinetics and accretion in poorly nourished elderly subjects123
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KEY WORDS
Elderly subjects
short-term nutritional supplementation
protein-energy malnutrition
body composition
basal metabolic rate
protein turnover
protein accretion
nitrogen isotopes
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From the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Unité de Nutrition Humaine et de Physiologie Intestinale, Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA PG), Paris; the Service de Gastro-entérologie, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France; the Centre d’évaluation des Maladies Osseuses, Hôpital Cochin, Paris; and the Service d’Endocrinologie-Diabète-Nutrition, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Bondy, France.
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Supported by BSA, Danone Group.
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Address reprint requests to C Bos, INRA, Unité de Nutrition Humaine et de Physiologie Intestinale INA PG, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France. E-mail: [email protected].
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