Food selection in the aged.
Old people's eating habits are often idiosyncratic and unhealthy; their feeding can reflect such brain disease are dementia, depression, paranoia; poor nutrition can contribute to degenerative brain disease. The modification of nutritional requirements of the aged by genetic factors is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000378:metabolism; D003863:Depression / Q000378:metabolism; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000378:metabolism