Frailty consensus: a call to action

Morley JE, Vellas B, Abellan van Kan G, et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2013;14:392-7 In previous consensus conferences on frailty, significant strides were made and it was agreed that frailty is a clinical disorder rather than a disability, that it is associated with...

Cachexia: a new definition

Evans WJ, Morley JE, Argiles J, et al. Clin Nutr 2008;27:793-9 The lack of a universally agreed upon operational definition of cachexia has limited identification and treatment of cachectic patient as well as the development and approval of potential therapeutic...