Madeira, TeresaPeixoto-Plácido, CatarinaGoulão, BeatrizMendonça, NunoAlarcão, VioletaSantos, Nunode Oliveira, Rita MachadoYngve, AgnetaBye, AstaBergland, AstridLopes, CarlaNicola, PauloSantos, OsvaldoClara, João Gorjão2016-07-252016-07-252016-07-16Madeira, T, Peixoto-Plácido, C, Goulão, B, Mendonça, N, Alarcão, V, Santos, N, de Oliveira, R M, Yngve, A, Bye, A, Bergland, A, Lopes, C, Nicola, P, Santos, O & Clara, J G 2016, 'National survey of the Portuguese elderly nutritional status : study protocol', BMC Geriatrics, vol. 16, 139, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0299-x1471-2318http://hdl.handle.net/2164/6248Acknowledgements We acknowledge the IAN-AF team (in particular to Duarte Torres, Milton Severo and Andreia Oliveira) for the community sampling and their support on dietary assessment methodology and critical discussion along the elaboration of the present protocol. Funding This project (136SI5) was granted by the Public Health Initiatives Programme (PT06), financed by EEA Grants Financial Mechanism 2009-2014.91130595engSDG 2 - Zero HungerNutritional statusUndernutritionMalnutritionNutritional assessmentAgeingElderlyNational surveyEpidemiological studyR MedicineRJournal article10.1186/s12877-016-0299-x16