This sixth volume in the series Human Nutrition: A Comprehensive Treatise provides a conspectus of the various interactions of nutrition with the aging process and a comprehensive survey of current knowledge of the amounts of individual ...

Author: D.E. Danford

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9781489925374

Category: Science

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The proportion of the population over 65 years of age is increasing steadily in most industrialized countries. In the United States the proportion of elderly people has risen from four percent in 1900 to 11 % in 1978, and is projected to be 14% by the year 2000. The occurrence of debilitating chronic diseases in the elderly increases with each additional year. These diseases, along with the natural loss of tissue function that occurs throughout adult life, impose a heavy burden on the health care system. Nutri tion plays an important etiologic role in many of these degenerative changes. Conse quently, the aging segment of the population presents a challenge to the nutrition scientist, who should be able to recommend optimal intakes of nutrients to minimize the functional losses associated with aging and to optimize the health of those already elderly. This sixth volume in the series Human Nutrition: A Comprehensive Treatise provides a conspectus of the various interactions of nutrition with the aging process and a comprehensive survey of current knowledge of the amounts of individual nutrients needed by the elderly. The volume begins with a general survey of the multifaceted relationship of nutrition to aging, followed by four chapters on how nutrition can affect age-related changes in selected body functions. The next six chapters cover the avail able evidence regarding the needs of the elderly for dietary energy, protein, calcium, trace elements, vitamins, and fiber.

Updated to the latest data and expert information, the Third Edition of Nutrition for the Older Adult introduces students to the unique nutritional needs of this growing population.

Author: Melissa Bernstein

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

ISBN: 9781284149005

Category: Health & Fitness

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Updated to the latest data and expert information, the Third Edition of Nutrition for the Older Adult introduces students to the unique nutritional needs of this growing population. Designed for the undergraduate, the text begins by covering the basics, including the demographics of aging, physiology of aging, and vitamin and mineral requirements for older adults. It then delves into clinical considerations, including the nutritional implications of diseases and conditions common among older adult. Additional coverage includes: nutritional assessment, pharmacology, nutritional support, and much more. With new pedagogical features along with revamped end-of-chapter activities and questions, Nutrition for the Older Adult is an essential resource for students in the fields of nutrition, nursing, public health and gerontology.

Discusses demographic and biologic aspects of aging; nutrition and the life span; body composition, energy, and physical activity; nutrient digestion and absorption; nutrient requirements and metabolism; vitamins and minerals in the aged; ...

Author: Eleanor D. Schlenker

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics

ISBN: UOM:39015026870496

Category: Aging

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Discusses demographic and biologic aspects of aging; nutrition and the life span; body composition, energy, and physical activity; nutrient digestion and absorption; nutrient requirements and metabolism; vitamins and minerals in the aged; nutrition and chronic disorders in the aging adult; drugs and nutritional considerations in the aged; nutritional status of older adults; food selection patterns among the aged, etc. Designed to provide the nutrition professional with the knowledge necessary to make appropriate decisions regarding the specific food and nutrition needs of older people and provide helpful advice to the client and caregiver regarding food selections.

Comprehensive and highly practical, the Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging offers practicing clinicians an up-to-date compendium of expert advice on appropriate nutritional therapies for older adults with chronic diseases and medical ...

Author: Connie W. Bales

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9781592593910

Category: Science

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A compendium of detailed strategies for using nutritional interventions to ameliorate a host of age-related disorders and an evidence-based review of what intervention are and are not effective. These range from the effects of nutrition on the aging eye, the sense of taste and smell, hearing loss, sarcopenia, and dementia, to the clinical role of nutrition in vascular and pulmonary disorders, cancer, immunity, endocrine and alimentary tract disorders, and renal and musculoskeletal disorders. The authors present the physiological basis for each disorder, provide the latest information about the interaction of nutrition with each condition, and review the potential routes and mechanisms for clinical intervention. All clinical chapters conclude with a summary of practical applications and treatment guidelines for secondary prevention, management, and therapy.

This scientifically sound and practical resource for new and experienced nutrition professionals includes new forms, resources, the food guide pyramid for older adults and an index of tales.

Author: Kathleen C. Niedert

Publisher: American Dietetic Associati

ISBN: 9780880913324

Category: Diet Therapy for Older People

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Completely revised with new chapters and sections covering everything the health-care provider needs to know when working with the older adult either at home or in nursing and long-term care facilities. Chapters cover factors affecting nutrition, nutrition and disease, nutritional assessment, dining challenges and regulatory compliance. This scientifically sound and practical resource for new and experienced nutrition professionals includes new forms, resources, the food guide pyramid for older adults and an index of tales.

The right diet contributes to the maintenance of health and well-being and it is important that elderly people share in the increasig knowledge about how to maintain health through good nutrition.

Author: Great Britain. Department of Health

Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)

ISBN: STANFORD:36105008633229

Category: Aging

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The proportion of people of pensionable age in this country has been increasing steadily and now represents nearly one in five of the total population. the vast majority of the younger people in this group can look forward to many years of active and enjoyable life and several will remain fit into extreme old age. The right diet contributes to the maintenance of health and well-being and it is important that elderly people share in the increasig knowledge about how to maintain health through good nutrition. This report makes recommendations for maintaining good nutritional status in elderly people and should be of interest ot those giving advice to this age group.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs

Publisher:

ISBN: SRLF:A0000673830

Category: Aging

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Second, nutritional manipu lation has been used to extend maximal life span in laboratory animals. How these interesting findings apply to the human situation remains to be explored. The purpose of this book is twofold.

Author: H.J. Armbrecht

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9781461252726

Category: Medical

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There has been much popular and scientific interest in the fields of nu trition and aging in recent years. As the importance of proper nutrition in children and young adults becomes more fully understood, it is natural to wonder if proper nutrition could playa similar role in later life. Recent research has indicated that nutrition can potentially intervene in the ag ing process in at least two ways. First, studies in animals and humans have shown that nutrition can be used to improve functional status, which, in turn, is related to perceived quality of life. Second, nutritional manipu lation has been used to extend maximal life span in laboratory animals. How these interesting findings apply to the human situation remains to be explored. The purpose of this book is twofold. The first is to present recent ad vances in our basic knowledge of how nutrition and aging interact with each other. The second is to discuss some applications of this knowledge to the care of the elderly patient. The interaction between aging and nutrition is complex because each may act on the other in either a synergistic or antagonistic fashion. Aging may alter the nutritional status of the elderly by affecting the way nu trients are absorbed and utilized by the body. Aging may also influence food intake and, therefore, nutritional status by decreasing the palatabil ity of food. The environment of the elderly may change so they are less likely to eat well-balanced meals.

We need to know much more about the nutritional needs of the population over 85 years of age , the fastest growing segment of the elderly who are most at risk of disease . We should also remember that there may be much to learn from the ...

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging

Publisher:

ISBN: LOC:00185830251

Category: Aging

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Picture-sort method for administering a food frequency questionnaire to older adults. JADA. 1996;96:137. Kwok T, Whitelaw MN. The use of arm span in nutritional assessment of the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39:492.

Author: Melissa Bernstein

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

ISBN: 9781449636029

Category: Health & Fitness

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Nutrition for the Older Adult is a clear, comprehensive text that introduces students to nutrition and health promotion for older adults. Covering such important topics as the physiological changes of aging, weight and nutrition problems in older adults, nutritional assessment and support for the elderly, and diet and cultural diversity as well as exercise prescriptions for older adults, this text is an essential resource for students in the fields of nutrition, nursing, and gerontology. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.