Nutrition in the Elderly
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-261793-4 (ISBN)
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From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s increase in life expectation at birth was recorded in almost all member states of the World Health Organization. In developed countries long life is a virtual certainty and very long life increasingly probable. Nutrition has been a key determinant of these gains in health and it now takes on special importance for the well-being of elderly people who are surviving in greater and greater numbers, especially in the developing world. This book appears at a time when the discipline of nutrition science is just beginning to extend the search for new knowledge to older age groups. The text explores the relationship between nutrition and immunology and highlights the need both for studies of nutritional risk factors, and for adapting existing field survey techniques to encompass the special needs of elderly people. The World Health Organization has a policy of producing authoritative guides on different aspects of ageing for use in medical school and in schools of other health sciences around the world. This publication is one of the guides in this series.
Part 1 Epidemiological and social aspects of nutrition in the elderly: epidemiology of nutrition of the aged, N.S.Scrimshaw. Part 2 Assessment of nutritional status in the elderly: anthropometric methods of assessing nutritional status, J.V.G.A.Durnin; dietary assessment of nutritional intake, D.Schlettwein-Gsell. Part 3 Nutritional requirements and recommended dietary allowances for the elderly: energy, W.P.T.James; protein and functional consequences of deficiency, V.R.Young et al; fat and carbohydrates, K.R.Norum et al; dietary fibre, D.J.A Jenkins et al; body composition, B.Steen; body composition with special reference to water, T.R.Reiff; vitamins, M.L.Wahlqvist and D.M.Flint-Richter; minerals, W.Mertz. Part 4 Main diseases of the elderly associated with nutrition: risk factors for malnutrition, L.Davies; osteoporosis, J.J.Canary; nutritional anaemia, C.A.Finch. Part 5 Nutritional factors influencing organ function in the elderly: nutritional regulation of immunocompetence and risk of disease, R.K.Chandra; digestive system, D.M.Prinsley; nutrition and the ageing nervous system, J.H.Growdon; nutritional factors that influence cardiovascular functions, W.B.Kannel. Part 6 Preventive medicine and public health measures for improving nutrition in the elderly: the public health basis of nutrition intervention programmes, B.Steen; public and professional teaching, H.Nielsen; dietary support mechanisms, R.Buzina. Part 7 Research: priorities for nutritional research, D.M.Macfadyen. Appendix: WHO publications related to ageing on nutrition.
Co-Autor | D.M. MacFadyen, H. Munro, N.S. Scrimshaw, B. Steen |
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Zusatzinfo | bibliography |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-261793-1 / 0192617931 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-261793-4 / 9780192617934 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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