title: Advice on healthy eating for older people.
abstract: As part of its Food and Health Action Plan, the Department of Health is working with the food industry, and with other stakeholders, to establish a coherent national plan to help people in England improve their diets. Maintaining a healthy diet is important for all age groups, but healthy older people have particular needs. Karen Fisher describes the specific nutritional issues affecting healthy older people and suggests advice that nurses can offer people during opportunistic consultations in primary care.
authors.affiliation: Whiteabbey Hospital, Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D004032:Diet; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000517:prevention & control; D006973:Hypertension; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013649:Taste; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D004043:Dietary Fiber; D012982:Sodium, Dietary