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Bernstein, Melissa.
Nutrition for the older adult / Melissa Bernstein, Ann Schmidt Luggen. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010. - xi, 422 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and demographics of aging -- Physiological changes with aging -- Macronutrient requirements for older adults -- Vitamin status and requirements of the older adult -- Mineral requirements of the older adult -- Smell and taste in older adults -- The aging gastrointestinal tract -- Aging and the cardiovascular system -- The renal/genitourinary systems in aging -- Nutritional aspects of management of hematological disorders in older adults -- Endocrine and metabolic alterations and nutrition in the older adult -- Cancer and nutrition in older adults -- Neurological changes affecting nutrition in older adults -- Weight loss and obesity in older adults -- Alcohol use in older adults -- Nutritional assessment for the older adult -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the older adult : interactions and implications -- Nutritional support for the older adult -- Exercise for the older adult : nutritional implications -- Diet and cultural diversity in older adults -- Nutrition services for older Americans -- Health promotion and disease prevention in the older adult.
9780763736248 (pbk.) 0763736244 (pbk.)
Older people--Nutrition.
Diet therapy for older people.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Aged.
TX361.A3 / B47 2010
613.20846 / B47
Nutrition for the older adult / Melissa Bernstein, Ann Schmidt Luggen. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010. - xi, 422 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and demographics of aging -- Physiological changes with aging -- Macronutrient requirements for older adults -- Vitamin status and requirements of the older adult -- Mineral requirements of the older adult -- Smell and taste in older adults -- The aging gastrointestinal tract -- Aging and the cardiovascular system -- The renal/genitourinary systems in aging -- Nutritional aspects of management of hematological disorders in older adults -- Endocrine and metabolic alterations and nutrition in the older adult -- Cancer and nutrition in older adults -- Neurological changes affecting nutrition in older adults -- Weight loss and obesity in older adults -- Alcohol use in older adults -- Nutritional assessment for the older adult -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the older adult : interactions and implications -- Nutritional support for the older adult -- Exercise for the older adult : nutritional implications -- Diet and cultural diversity in older adults -- Nutrition services for older Americans -- Health promotion and disease prevention in the older adult.
9780763736248 (pbk.) 0763736244 (pbk.)
Older people--Nutrition.
Diet therapy for older people.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Aged.
TX361.A3 / B47 2010
613.20846 / B47