TY  - BOOK
ED  - Department of Health, Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy Working Group on the Nutrition of Elderly People
TI  - The nutrition of elderly people
T2  - Report on health and social subjects 43
SN  - 0113215509
PY  - 1992///
CY  - London
PB  - HMSO
KW  - AGED
KW  - DIET
KW  - FOOD
KW  - NUTRITION
KW  - NUTRITION SURVEYS
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -