Nutrition in Elderly

Important nutritional requirements
1. For bone health
  1. Calcium
  2. Vitamin D
2. Vitamin C
  1. Immunity & absorption
3. Recommend foods that are wasier to eat
  1. Physcial changes that make it difficult to each requirements
    1. dental decay - no tough foods
    2. become forgetful
    3. cannot move and buy grocery
    4. lost ability to see/hear
Spectrum of aging (NB)
1. Gerontology
  1. Study of normal aging
  2. Derived from science
    1. Biology
    2. Physiology
    3. Sociology
  3. Focus on
    1. Health promotion
    2. Disease prevention
    3. Risk reduction
2. Geriatrics
  1. Study of (chronic) diseases frequently associated with aging
  2. Geriatric nutrition (MNT)
  3. Hospitals, homes, communities
Theories of aging
1. no single theorie explains
2. 1% Rule (NB)
  1. 1% organ function lost every year of 30
3. Categories
  1. Predetermination
    1. Built-in mechanisms that determine again + death
  2. Accumulated damage
    1. Systemic damage
      1. over time
Nutrition & Longevity
1. Improve quality of life
2. Prevent/manage NCDs
3. Improve everyday wellbeing

Resource summary

	Created by Lesego Mabe about 6 years ago