Abstract
Older adults with poor appetite are at higher risk of undernutrition due to the role of appetite as a key driver of food intake. Dietary protein and fibre are critical nutrients in this population, and enhancing their intake is vital to preventing undernutrition and maintaining organ function and health. In APPETITE, a transdisciplinary consortium of experts from eight institutions in six European countries will collaborate to design potentially effective interventions to enhance protein and fibre consumption of community-dwelling older adults with poor appetite, thereby addressing undernutrition through a targeted nutrition- and physical activity-based strategy. Older adults with poor appetite will first be evaluated using a mixed-methods approach to gain insights into their nutritional and behavioural preferences. Working with this target group, innovative, acceptable and affordable food products will be developed that combine several domestic plant proteins and dietary fibres. Mechanistic insights will be gained by examining the impact of selected products and physical activity on digestibility, amino acid bioavailability and whole-body protein metabolism. In a multi-country, randomised controlled intervention trial, the impact of two new food products, provided as part of a personalised diet, a physical activity programme, and their combination will be determined. APPETITE will improve our understanding about plant-based protein and fibre products and their metabolic and clinical effects. It will create new knowledge about how these products can be combined in a whole-diet approach, together with physical activity and regular social contacts, to overcome undernutrition and to contribute to a better quality of life for older Europeans.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 486-496 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Nutrition Bulletin |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 17 Nov 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:All authors were involved in the development of the project idea, project design, work packages and tasks. All authors are responsible for a specific work package and drafted the corresponding parts of the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and revised the manuscript and gave their final approval for the submitted version. This work was initiated by the JPI ‘A HDHL’. The funding agencies supporting the project are (in alphabetical order of participating Member State): France: French National Research Agency (ANR); Germany: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) represented by Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE); Ireland: The Health Research Board (HRB); Italy: Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (MUR); United Kingdom: Medical Research Council. APPETITE
Funding Information:
All authors were involved in the development of the project idea, project design, work packages and tasks. All authors are responsible for a specific work package and drafted the corresponding parts of the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and revised the manuscript and gave their final approval for the submitted version. This work was initiated by the JPI ?A HDHL?. The funding agencies supporting the APPETITE project are (in alphabetical order of participating Member State): France: French National Research Agency (ANR); Germany: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) represented by Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE); Ireland: The Health Research Board (HRB); Italy: Ministero dell'Universit? e della Ricerca (MUR); United Kingdom: Medical Research Council.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Nutrition Bulletin published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Nutrition Foundation.
Funding
All authors were involved in the development of the project idea, project design, work packages and tasks. All authors are responsible for a specific work package and drafted the corresponding parts of the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and revised the manuscript and gave their final approval for the submitted version. This work was initiated by the JPI ‘A HDHL’. The funding agencies supporting the project are (in alphabetical order of participating Member State): France: French National Research Agency (ANR); Germany: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) represented by Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE); Ireland: The Health Research Board (HRB); Italy: Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (MUR); United Kingdom: Medical Research Council. APPETITE All authors were involved in the development of the project idea, project design, work packages and tasks. All authors are responsible for a specific work package and drafted the corresponding parts of the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and revised the manuscript and gave their final approval for the submitted version. This work was initiated by the JPI ?A HDHL?. The funding agencies supporting the APPETITE project are (in alphabetical order of participating Member State): France: French National Research Agency (ANR); Germany: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) represented by Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE); Ireland: The Health Research Board (HRB); Italy: Ministero dell'Universit? e della Ricerca (MUR); United Kingdom: Medical Research Council.
Funders | Funder number |
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Health Research Board | |
Medical Research Council | |
Agence Nationale de la Recherche | |
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca | |
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft | |
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung |
Keywords
- appetite
- fibre
- malnutrition
- older adults
- personalised nutrition
- plant protein
- undernutrition