The nutrition of elderly people
The nutrition of elderly people
- London HMSO 1992
- 68; ill.,bibl.; BookFind
- Report on health and social subjects 43 .
Energy and physical activity; assessment of body size and composition in elderly people - changes with age and significance for health; nutrients - carbohydrates and protein, vitamins, minerals; nutrition and vascular disease in later life; nutrition and bone health in elderly people; nutrition and cancer; the impact of ill health on the nutrition of elderly people. Appendices: dietary reference values for food energy and nutrients for people over 50 years in the United Kingdom; methods of measuring body composition with a comment on the applicability of the method for use in elderly people; register of members' commercial interests.
Paperback 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.
0113215509
AGED
DIET
FOOD
NUTRITION
NUTRITION SURVEYS
Energy and physical activity; assessment of body size and composition in elderly people - changes with age and significance for health; nutrients - carbohydrates and protein, vitamins, minerals; nutrition and vascular disease in later life; nutrition and bone health in elderly people; nutrition and cancer; the impact of ill health on the nutrition of elderly people. Appendices: dietary reference values for food energy and nutrients for people over 50 years in the United Kingdom; methods of measuring body composition with a comment on the applicability of the method for use in elderly people; register of members' commercial interests.
Paperback 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.
0113215509
AGED
DIET
FOOD
NUTRITION
NUTRITION SURVEYS