Table 3 LIMIT inclusion and exclusion criteria

To be eligible, a participant must meet inclusion criteria 1,2 AND 3 and not meet the exclusion criterion.

Inclusion Criteria

 1. ≥75 years old on 9.2015

 2. A member of Clalit Health Services Northern or Southern Districts

 3. At risk (one or more of the following):

 a. Significant weight loss without dietitian assessment (all the following):

  i. A drop in BMI of 2 kg/m2 or more during previous two years

  ii. BMI less than 23 kg/m2

  iii. No record of dietitian counseling during previous year.

 b. Extremely tight medicinal diabetes treatment (both the following):

  i. Last HbA1c% ≤ 6.5%

  ii. At least one anti-diabetic medicine was dispensed during previous 2 months.

 c. Extremely tight lowering of cholesterol (both the following):

  i. Last total cholesterol <160 mg/dL (= Hypocholesterolemia)

  ii. At least one cholesterol-lowering medicine was dispensed during previous 2 months.

Exclusion criteria

Only for criterion c: Any of the following diagnoses: ischemic heart disease, transient ischemic attack, or stroke.

For all criteria: Patients whose primary clinic staff declined to participate or whose primary clinic staff e-mail address is unobtainable.