Geriatric nutrition /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
[2007]
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| Series: | Nutrition and disease prevention ;
8. |
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Table of Contents:
- The aging society and nutrition epidemiology
- Molecular theories of aging and nutritional interventions
- The role of nutrition in the prevention of age-associated diseases
- Obesity in older adults
- Sarcopenia and Cachexia
- Immunity and nutrition
- Nutritional requirements in older adults
- Energy balance
- Water metabolism
- Vitamin disorders
- Trace elements
- Nutritional assessment in older persons
- Geriatric assessment and its interaction with nutrition
- Nutritional assessment in the European community
- The oral cavity and nutrition
- Management of protein-energy undernutrition
- Prescription for enteral nutrition
- Prescription for parenteral nutrition
- Nutrition management in nursing homes
- Providing optimal nutrition in the assisted living environment
- Nutritional factors in dementia
- Nutrition and depression
- Nutrition and behavior
- Nutritional management of hypertension
- Nutrition and cancer : some practical approaches to management
- Nutrition and Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the geriatric patient
- COPD and undernutrition : a complex interaction
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal function
- Drug-nutrient interactions
- Nutrition and the endocrine system
- Nutritional anemia in older persons
- The role of nutrition in prevention and management of pressure ulcers
- Nutrition and fracture risk
- Multicultural issues
- Choice and nutritionals : ethical issues