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Contributors
Preface to the First Edition
Preface
1 An Overview of International Aging and Nutrition 1
2 Theories of Aging 5
3 Energy Balance 15
4 Nutrition Requirements of the Elderly 25
5 Nutrition Assessment of the Elderly 51
6 The Role of Nutrition in the Prevention of Age-Associated Diseases 63
7 Anorexia of Aging and Protein-Energy Undernutrition 75
8 Vitamin Nutrition in the Elderly 79
9 Calcium, Vitamin D, and Osteopenia 107
10 Zinc Metabolism in the Elderly 115
11 Other Trace Elements 123
12 Nutrition-Related Anemias in the Elderly 133
13 Water Metabolism 145
14 Decline in Immune Function with Age: Interaction with Specific Nutrient Deficiencies 153
15 The Oral Cavity and Nutrition 169
16 Gastrointestinal Function and Aging 183
17 The Effect of Age on the Liver 191
18 Nutrition and Diabetes Mellitus in the Elderly 211
19 Lipids 219
20 Nutritional Interventions as Antihypertensive Therapy in the Elderly 235
21 Obesity 245
22 Cardiac Cachexia 257
23 Nutrition and the Endocrine System 265
24 Nutrition and Behavior 271
25 The Aging Kidney 275
26 Nutrition and the Aging Eye 283
27 Nutrition Support for Elderly Patients: Enteral Feeding 289
28 Nutrition Management in Nursing Homes 295
29 Exercise and Nutrition in the Elderly 303
30 Drug-Food/Food-Drug Interactions 311
31 Dysphagia 329
32 Pressure Ulcers and Nutrition 335
33 The Roles of Nutrition and Body Composition in Falls, Gait, and Balance Disorders in the Elderly 343
34 Nutrition Misinformation: Health Fraud and the Elderly - Creation of Food Fads for Profit 351
35 Interdisciplinary Teams for the Solution of Nutritional Problems 367
36 Medically Provided Food and Water: The Ethical and Legal Standard of Care 377
Subject Index 385