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Demographic changes all over the world lead to an increasing proportion of elderly people with far-reaching implications for our societies, but also for the individual. Ageing affects nutrition as well as lifestyle: adequate nutrition becomes increasingly difficult with increasing age, whereas physical activity usually decreases. Nutrition and lifestyle, however, are important determinants of health and outcome in the elderly. Our knowledge about nutrition and lifestyle of elderly people in Europe is fragmentary. The most comprehensive information originates from the longitudinal multi-centre SENECA study that started in 1988-1989 and ended...