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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Summary

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 populations of older subjects. It includes five original articles and four systematic reviews. This Special Issue presents several aspects of the assessment of nutritional status and the prevention and treatment of nutritional deficiencies in different populations of older adults. Undoubtedly, future research will deepen our knowledge on this crucial public health issue.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (156 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-0365-2428-3
9783036524290
9783036524283

Access

Open Access