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Nutrition for the older adult / Melissa Bernstein, Ann Schmidt Luggen.

By: Contributor(s): Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010Description: xi, 422 pages illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780763736248 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TX361 BER 2010
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Medical Library General Stacks Medical Library Non-fiction TX361BER 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 033242
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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.

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