Healthy ageing
Subtitle: the role of nutrition and lifestyle : the report of a British Nutrition Foundation task force
By: chaired by John C. Mathers ; edited by Sara Stanner, Rachel Thompson, Judith L. Buttriss.
Contributors: Mathers, John C.; Stanner, Sara.; Thompson, Rachel, Dr.; Buttriss, Judith.; British Nutrition Foundation.
Publisher: Published by Blackwell for the British Nutrition Foundation; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9781405178778
Subjects: Older people -- Health and hygiene; Older people -- Nutrition; Aging -- Nutritional aspects; Health behavior; Lifestyles -- Health aspects; Aging; Aged; Health Behavior; Life Style; Nutrition Physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diet and nutrition issues relevant to older adults / Brigid McKevith; title: The basic biology of ageing / Thomas B.L. Kirkwood and John C. Mathers; title: Healthy ageing : teeth and the oral cavity / Angus Walls; title: Healthy ageing : bone health / Nigel Loveridge and Susan A. Lanham-New; title: Healthy ageing : the joints / Paul Dieppe; title: Healthy ageing : skeletal muscle / Emilie A. Wilkes and Michael J. Rennie; title: Healthy ageing : the skin / Gail Jenkins, Linda J. Wainwright, and Martin R. Green; title: Healthy ageing : the brain / Robert Clarke; title: Healthy ageing : the eyes / Astrid E. Fletcher; title: Healthy ageing : the cardiovascular system / Sara Stanner; title: Healthy ageing : the immune system / Rosalyn J. Forsey ... [et al.]; title: Healthy ageing : the gastrointestinal tract / Ian Rowland and John C. Mathers; title: Healthy ageing : the endocrine system / Brigid McKevith; title: Taking the science forward : public health implications / Judith L. Buttriss; title: Conclusions of the task force; title: Recommendations of the task force; title: Healthy ageing : answers to common questions.