Geriatric nutrition
Subtitle: the health professional's handbook
By: [edited by] Ronni Chernoff.
Contributors: Chernoff, Ronni.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 575
Subjects: Older people -- Nutrition.; Aged.; Nutrition.; Aging -- physiology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Demographics of aging / Ronni Chernoff; title: Protein metabolism and requirements / Wayne W. Campbell, Nadine S. Carnell, Anna E. Thalacker; title: Carbohydrates, fats and fluid requirements / Ronni Chernoff; title: Vitamin metabolism and requirements in the elderly:selected aspects / Paolo Suter; title: Mineral requirements / Robert D. Lindeman; title: Trace metal requirements / Gary Fosmire; title: Smell, taste, and somatosensation in the elderly / Valerie B. Duffy, Audrey K. Chapo; title: Oral health in the elderly / Wendy E. Martin, Michele Saunders; title: Swallowing problems in older adults / Joanne Robbins, Stephanie Kays; title: The aging gut / David N. Moskovitz, John Saltzman, Young-In Kim; title: Aging and the cardiovascular system / Jeanne P. Goldberg; title: The aging renal system / Robert D. Lindeman; title: Impact of nutrition on the age-related declines in hematopoiesis / Gurkamal S. Chatta, Linda Barry Robertson; title: Skeletal aging / Gustavo Duque, Bruce R. Troen; title: Endocrine aspects of nutrition and aging / John E. Morley; title: Pharmacology, nutrition, and the elderly: interactions and implications / R. Rebecca Couris, Kathleen M. Gura, Jeffrey Blumberg; title: The geriatric exercise prescription: nutritional implications / Maria A. Fiatarone Singh; title: Nutritional assessment of the elderly / Carol O. Mitchell-Eady, Ronni Chernoff; title: Nutritional support for the older adult / Ronni Chernoff; title: A continuum of nutrition services for older americans / Barbara Millen, Lisa Brown, Elyse Levine; title: Health promotion and disease prevention in the elderly / Beverly J. McCabe, Ruth E. Johnston.