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Keep Fit for Life : Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Older Persons.
Given the impact that good nutrition and keeping fit have on health and well-being in later life, WHO, in collaboration with the Tufts University USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, organized a consultation to review the scientific evidence linking diet and other factors - especially exer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva :
World Health Organization,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Abbreviations & acronyms
- Foreword
- 1. Summary of recommendations
- 1.1 Nutrient intakes
- 1.2 Food-based dietary guidelines
- 1.3 Phytochemicals
- 1.4 Water intake
- 1.5 Exercise and physical activity
- 2. Epidemiological and social aspects of ageing
- 2.1 Demography
- 2.2 Reasons for population ageing
- 2.3 Improvements in biological age
- 2.4 Health status of older persons
- 2.5 Functioning and disability
- 2.6 Nutrition problems in low-income countries
- 2.7 Malnutrition and food security
- 2.8 Government response to ageing populations.
- 2.9 Prevention of chronic disease at every stage of life
- 2.10 Nutritional components in chronic diseases
- 3. Health and functional changes with ageing
- 3.1 Physical changes
- 3.2 Changes in energy regulation with age
- 3.3 Water metabolism and dehydration
- 3.4 Immune function
- 3.5 Neurological and cognitive function
- 4. Impact of physical activity
- 4.1 Impact of endurance training
- 4.2 Impact of aerobic exercise
- 4.3 Strength training to reduce loss of muscle mass
- 4.4 Interaction between exercise and supplementation
- 4.5 Recommendations.
- 5. Assessing the nutritional status of older persons
- 5.1 Dietary intake
- 5.2 Body weight
- 5.3 Body composition
- 5.4 Physical function
- 5.5 Immune function
- 5.6 Other laboratory indices
- 5.7 Community variables
- 5.8 Summary of assessment techniques
- 6. Nutritional guidelines for healthy ageing
- 6.1 Food-based dietary guidelines
- 6.2 Nutrient intake recommendations for older persons
- References
- Annex 1. Ageing and health: report by the WHO Secretariat to the Fifty-fifth World Health Assembly, May 2002.
- Annex 2. Participants in the World Health Organization/Tufts University consultation on nutritional guidelines for the elderly (Boston, MA, 26-29 May 1998)
- Annex 3. Food-based dietary guidelines for older adults: healthy ageing and prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases
- Annex 4. The Heidelberg guidelines for promoting physical activity among older persons.