Geriatric nutrition : the health professional's handbook / [edited by] Ronni Chernoff.
Contributor(s): Chernoff, Ronni.
Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2014Edition: 4th ed.Description: xviii, 581 p. : illustrations ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780763782627.Subject(s): Aged | Nutritional Physiological Phenomena | Aging -- physiologyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC952.5 .G44342 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000003195 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Demographics of aging -- Protein metabolism and requirements -- Carbohydrate, fat and fluid requirements in older adults -- Vitamin nutriture in the elderly -- Mineral requirements -- Trace metal requirements -- Smell, taste, and oral somatosensation : age-elated changes and nutritional implications -- Oral health in the elderly -- Swallowing problems in older adults -- The aging gut -- Cardiovascular disease in older adults -- Aging and the kidney -- Impact of nutrition on the age-related declines in hematopoiesis -- Skeletal aging -- Endocrine aspects of nutrition and aging -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the elderly: interactions and implications -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the elderly : interactions and implications -- Nutritional assessment of the elderly -- Nutritional support for the older adult -- A continuum of nutrition services for older Americans -- Health promotion and disease prevention in the elderly.