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Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation's Elderly: Evaluating Coverage of Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population.
Malnutrition and obesity are both common among Americans over age 65. There are also a host of other medical conditions from which older people and other Medicare beneficiaries suffer that could be improved with appropriate nutritional intervention. Despite that, access to a nutrition professional i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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National Academies Press.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Matter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview: Nutritional Health in the Older Person
- 3 Methods
- 4 Undernutrition
- 5 Cardiovascular Disease
- 6 Diabetes Mellitus
- 7 Renal Disease
- 8 Osteoporosis
- 9 Nutrition Services in the Acute Care Setting
- 10 Nutrition Support
- 11 Nutrition Services in Ambulatory Care Settings
- 12 Nutrition Services in Post-Acute, Long-Term Care and in Community-Based Programs
- 13 Providers of Nutrition Services
- 14 Economic Policy Analysis
- 15 Overall Findings and RecommendationsAppendix A Acronyms
- Appendix B Glossary
- Appendix C Workshop Speakers, Organizations Contacted, and Consultants to the Committee
- Appendix D State Licensure Laws for the Practice of Dietetics (as of June 1999)
- Appendix E The American Dietetic Association Foundation Knowledge and Skills and Competency Requirements for Entry-Level Dietitians
- Appendix F Advanced Level Credentials in Nutrition
- Appendix G U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Rating of Professionals to Deliver Dietary Counseling