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In this blog, Dave Taylor and Jackie Martin-Kerry discuss the CHARMER (CompreHensive geriAtRician led MEdication Review) trial, registered at the ISRCTN registry. The trial, which began on 1 February 2024, will be the largest trial within the Ageing Specialty of the Clinical Research Network’s portfolio across England, involving data from over 20,000 older inpatients across 24 hospitals. Internationally, it will be the largest deprescribing trial.

Mediterranean diet interventions have demonstrated positive effects in the prevention and management of several chronic conditions in older adults. Understanding the effective components of behavioural interventions is essential for long-term health behaviour change and translating evidence-based interventions into practice. The aim of this scoping review is to provide an overview of the current Mediterranean diet interventions for older adults (≥55 years) and describe the behaviour change techniques used as part of the interventions. A scoping review systematically searched Medline, Embase,...