Nutrition, aging, and the elderly
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Nutrition, aging, and the elderly
(Human nutrition, v. 6)
Plenum Press, c1989
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  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
1 The Challenges of Research into Nutrition and Aging: Introduction to a Multifaceted Problem.- I * Nutrition and Age-Related Changes in Body Function.- 2 Nutrition and Aging in Animal Models.- 3 Aging and the Digestive System.- 4 Nutrition and Immune Function in the Elderly.- 5 Exercise and Nutrition in the Elderly.- II * Nutrient Needs of the Elderly.- 6 Energy Needs of the Elderly: A New Approach.- 7 Protein Nutriture and Requirements of the Elderly.- 8 Calcium Nutrition and Its Relationship to Bone Health.- 9 Trace Elements in the Elderly: Metabolism, Requirements, and Recommendations for Intakes.- 10 Vitamin Nutriture and Requirements of the Elderly.- 11 Role of Fiber in the Diet of the Elderly.- III * Other Aspects of the Nutrient Status of the Elderly.- 12 Factors Affecting Nutritional Status of the Elderly.- 13 Anthropometric Approaches to the Nutritional Assessment of the Elderly.- 14 Drug-Nutrient Interactions in the Elderly.
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