Nutrition in aging / Eleanor D. Schlenker.
Publication details: Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill/WCB, c1998.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xviii, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0815185049 (alk. paper)
- 9760815185040
- WT 115 S341n 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Content:
1 WHO ARE THE AGING?
Introduction 1
Population Trends 2......
2 HOW DO WE AGE?
Introduction 17
Historical perspective 18.....
3 NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS AND METABOLISM
Introduction 45
Recommended Dietary Allowances 46.......
4 NUTRIENT DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION
Aging and Gastrointestinal function 67
Aging and physiologic changes in Gastrointestinal tract 75.......
5 BODY COMPOSITION , ENERGY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Body compartments 92
Methods for evaluating body composition 93......
6 VITAMINS IN AGING
Fat soluble vitamins 122......
7 MINERALS IN AGING
Microminerals 149........
8 FOOD SELECTION PATTERNS IN OLDER PEOLPE
Introduction 177........
9 NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF OLDER ADULTS
Introduction 208
10 DRUGS AND NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE AGING ADULTS
Introduction 228
Drug use by the elderly 229......
11 Nutritional Assessment
Introduction 262.......
12 NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS AND DEFICIENCES IN THE AGING ADULTS
Introduction 295
Nutritional anemias 296......
13 NUTRITIONAL, PHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTION, AND CHRONIC DISEASE
Introduction 326
Aging in organic systems 327.....
14 NUTRITION AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS
Introduction 356
Aging and the continuum of care 256......
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