Meeting the Dietary Needs of Older Adults
Exploring the Impact of the Physical, Social, and Cultural Environment: Workshop Summary
by Anne Brown Rogers and Maria Oria, Rapporteurs; Food and Nutrition Board; Health and Medicine Division; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Older adults are a growing demographic group in the United States, and a range of physical, social, financial, and cultural factors affect their nutritional status. Metabolic and physiologic changes that accompany normal aging modify the nutritional requirements of older adults. An examination of evidence is needed to better understand how nutritional status is associated with aging and risk of mortality or chronic disease among older adults. Underpinning many, if not most, nutritional problems in older adults is socioeconomic status. Therefore, understanding access challenges to healthy food, including geographic, financial, and transportation barriers, also is needed to better understand how to meet the nutritional needs of older adults.
On October 28-29, 2015, the Food and Nutrition Board convened a workshop, Meeting the Dietary Needs of Older Adults, in Washington, DC. Participants examined factors in the physical, social, and cultural environment that affect the ability of older adults to meet their daily dietary needs. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
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- Publisher National Academies Press
- Publication Date July 2016
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780309442275
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 54 USD
- Pages154
- ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions9 x 6 inches
- Biblio NotesSee 9780309442282 for digital edition
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