Nutritional requirements with aging. Prevention of disease.
Early recognition of and intervention for nutritional disorders may help prevent functional disability and mortality in elderly patients. Prevention of nutritional disorders in older adults is often multidimensional and may require multidisciplinary collaboration. Proactive education of the older adult, early recognition of nutritional deficiencies, and rectification of the nutritional disorders are the keys to achieving ideal nutritional status in elders and enabling them to achieve successful aging.
Meyyazhagan
Swarnalatha
S
Section of Geriatric Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Palmer
Robert M
RM
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis