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Information from the European Funded Program on Weight Loss and Eating behavior in Alzheimer's Patients, published in a special issue of Research and Practice in Alzheimer's Disease. 1998, 90 pp.

Contents of the journal include:

• Editorial. B. Vellas M.D, Ph.D , S.Riviere (Toulouse)
  
• Alzheimer's Disease and loss of weight in community living older adults. D.Cronin-Stubbs et al (Chicago)
  
• Weight loss precedes dementia in community-dwelling older adults. E.Barrett-Connor (la Jolla)
  
• Longitudinal Weight Changes, length of survival and energy requirements of long term care resident with dementia. S.Wang et al (Boston)
  
• Weight change in Alzheimer's Disease. H.White (Durham) Low Body Mass Index and mesial temporal Cortex atrophy in AD. M.Grudman et al (la Jolla)
  
• Factors Associated with weight loss in AD. S.Guyonnet el al (Toulouse)
  
• Energy Expenditure in AD patients. E.Poehlman et al (Burlingtom)
  
• Assessing Abnormal feeding behavior in dementia: a taxonomy and initial findings. G.Blandford et al (New-York)
  
• The Eating Behavior Scale. M.Tully et al (Bethesda)
  
• Tube feeding in AD is avoidable. L.Volicer (Baltimore)
  
• Protecting the nutritional status of AD patients. A.Spindler et al (San-Diego)
  
• Weight change in informal caregivers L.Fredman (Baltimore)
  
• Outline of a dementia caregivers training programme. H.Brodaty (Sydney)
  
• Health Promotion program: Nutrition and Alzheimer's Disease. S.Riviere, S.lauque, B.Vellas (Toulouse)
  

For free documentation (only for Health Professionals) please contact:

S.Riviere
Alzheimer Center
Department of Geriatrics
170 Chemin de Casselardit
31300 Toulouse, France
fax: 33 5 61 77 25 93
Email: 101333.1462@compuserve.com
Web site: http://www.serdi-fr.com