Optimising Nutrition to Alleviate Age-Associated Functional Decline

• Other Authors: Kostka, Tomasz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Food & society; citicoline; neurology; supplementation; treatment; tryptophan; diet in the elderly; depression; mood disorders; serotonin and kynurenine pathways of tryptophan metabolism; olive oil; metabolic syndrome; obesity; women; menopause; healthy ageing; micronutrients; aging; DNA damage; genome stability; neurodegenerative disorders; cancer; older adults; nutrition; malnutrition; epigenetic regulation of gene expression; DNA methylation; epigenetic diet; caloric restriction; elderly; fragile populations; hospitalization; hypoalbuminemia; public health; serum albumin; NRS-2002; SGA; VES-13; Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment; nutritional status; education level; older people; survival; geriatrics; vitamin D; TUG; lymphocytes; GNRI; Charlson Comorbidity Index; Bayesian model averaging; n/a
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Appropriate nutrition is a cornerstone of preventive gerontology. This Special Issue of Nutrients provides new insights on nutritional assessment and potential modifications of nutritional behaviours and supplements to prevent age-associated disorders and to increase life expectancy in different pop...