Title	Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging [electronic resource] / edited by Connie Watkins Bales, Christine Seel Ritchie
Imprint	Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2004
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-391-0
Descript	XIX, 698 p. 18 illus. online resource

As the older adult population grows over the next two decades, so will the need to prevent and address age-associated disease. In Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging, a panel of recognized academic geriatricians, clinicians, and scientists provide detailed strategies for using nutritional interventions to ameliorate a host of age-related disorders and thus help to lessen both personal suffering caused by these conditions and the accompanying increases in health care costs. Exhaustive in its scope and clinically focused, the book systematically discusses the interface between nutrition and common medical conditions in older adults. These range from the effects of nutrition on the aging eye, the sense of taste and smell, hearing loss, sarcopenia, and dementia, to the clinical role of nutrition in vascular and pulmonary disorders, cancer, immunity, endocrine and alimentary tract disorders, and renal and musculoskelteal disorders. The authors present the physiological basis for each disorder, provide the latest information about the interaction of nutrition with these conditions, and review the potential routes and mechanisms for clinical intervention. All clinical chapters conclude with a summary of practical applications and treatment guidelines for secondary prevention, management, and therapy. Comprehensive and highly practical, the Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging offers practicing clinicians an up-to-date compendium of expert advice on appropriate nutritional therapies for older adults with chronic diseases and medical conditions

1 โ{128}{156}Global Grayingโ{128}{157} and Nutritional Trends in the New Millennium: A Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 2 Creating a Continuum of Nutrition Services for the Older Population -- 3 The Progression from Physiological Aging to Disease: The Impact of Nutrition -- 4 The Status of Nutrition in Older Adults: A European Perspective -- 5 Nutritional Assessment and Support in Chronic Disease Management -- 6 Common Nutrient Deficiencies in Older Adults -- 7 Dietary Supplements for Health Maintenance and Risk Factor Reduction -- 8 Nutrition and the Aging Eye -- 9 Loss of Taste, Smell, and Other Senses with Age: Effects of Medication -- 10 Hearing Loss and Nutrition in Older Adults -- 11 Sarcopenia and Nutritional Frailty: Diagnosis and Intervention -- 12 The Relationship of Nutrition and Pressure Ulcers -- 13 Dementia -- 14 Nutrition and End-of-Life Care -- 15 Vascular Function, Aging, and the Impact of Diet -- 16 Nutritional Management of Hypertension in the Elderly -- 17 Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise -- 18 Chronic Heart Failure -- 19 Nutrition and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- 20 Nutritional Requirements Following Cancer Treatment/Surgery -- 21 Nutrition and Lifestyle Change in Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus -- 22 Obesity in Middle and Older Age -- 23 Oral Health and Nutrition -- 24 Dysphagia Evaluation, Treatment, and Recommendations -- 25 Gastrointestinal Senescence and Digestive Diseases of the Elderly -- 26 Provision for Enteral and Parenteral Support -- 27 Nutrition in Chronic Renal Disease and Renal Failure -- 28 Osteoarthritis -- 29 Nutritional and Pharmacological Aspects of Osteoporosis -- 30 Aging and Immunity -- 31 Nutrition in Surgery, Trauma, and Sepsis