title: Choosing to eat your way toward healthy aging.
abstract: As individuals age, they face many choices to promote healthy aging. One important consideration relates to nutritional choices. It is easy to become overwhelmed with the information in the media that suggests the superiority of some new diet or breakthrough dietary supplement. This article reminds us to focus on holistic approaches to nutrition on the premise that balance is paramount in our lives. As nurses, we need to guide others to make thoughtful choices for healthy aging.
authors.affiliation: College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. shcrocker@liberty.edu
authors.forename: Susan H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Crocker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans