Schlenker, Eleanor D. <br/><br/>
Nutrition in aging / 
Eleanor D. Schlenker. 
 - 3rd edition 
 - Boston, Mass. :  McGraw-Hill/WCB,  c1998. 
 - xviii, 446 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Table of Content:<br/><br/>1 WHO ARE THE AGING?<br/>   Introduction 1<br/>   Population Trends 2......<br/>2 HOW DO WE AGE?<br/>   Introduction 17<br/>   Historical perspective 18.....<br/><br/>3 NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS AND METABOLISM<br/>   Introduction 45<br/>   Recommended Dietary Allowances  46.......<br/><br/>4 NUTRIENT DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION<br/>   Aging and Gastrointestinal function 67<br/>   Aging and physiologic changes in Gastrointestinal tract  75.......<br/><br/>5 BODY COMPOSITION , ENERGY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY<br/>   Body compartments  92<br/>   Methods for evaluating body composition  93...... <br/><br/>6 VITAMINS IN AGING<br/>   Fat soluble vitamins   122......<br/><br/>7 MINERALS IN AGING<br/>   Microminerals  149........<br/><br/>8 FOOD SELECTION PATTERNS IN OLDER PEOLPE<br/>   Introduction  177........<br/><br/>9 NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF OLDER ADULTS<br/>   Introduction 208<br/><br/>10 DRUGS AND NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE AGING ADULTS<br/>     Introduction   228<br/>     Drug use by the elderly 229......<br/><br/>11 Nutritional Assessment <br/>     Introduction 262.......<br/><br/>12 NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS AND DEFICIENCES IN THE AGING ADULTS<br/>     Introduction 295<br/>     Nutritional anemias  296......<br/><br/>13 NUTRITIONAL, PHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTION, AND CHRONIC DISEASE<br/>    Introduction 326<br/>    Aging in organic systems 327.....<br/><br/>14 NUTRITION AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS<br/>     Introduction  356<br/>     Aging and the continuum of care  256...... 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0815185049 (alk. paper) 9760815185040 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aging--Nutritional aspects.<br/>Older people--Nutrition.<br/>Nutrition disorders in old age.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>WT 115 S341n 1998