Nutrition in Older Adults, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

John E. Morley

Description

This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine is devoted to Nutrition in Older Adults. Guest Editor John E. Morley, MD has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Anorexia of Aging; Protein and Older Persons; Screening for Malnutrition in Older People; Obesity and Aging; Vitamins; Sarcopenia; Diabetes: Nutrition and Exercise; Frailty, Exercise and Nutrition; Dehydration; Cholesterol and Older Persons; Cognition and Nutrition; and Gastric Emptying in the Elderly.

Sujets

• Médecine
• Spécialités médicales
• Médecine Générale
• Medical
• Geriatrics

Informations

• Publié par: Elsevier
• Date de parution: 27 octobre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9780323413336
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Clinics Review Articles CLINICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Nutrition in Older Adults

John E. Morley, MB, BCh
Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and Endocrinology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
ISSN  0749-0690 Volume 31 • Number 3 • August 2015
Elsevier
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Contributors
Editor
Authors
Forthcoming Issue
Forthcoming Issues
Recent Issues
Preface: Novel Approaches to Nutrition in Older Persons
Excessive Body Weight in Older Adults
Key points
Introduction: nature of the problem
Therapeutic options for optimizing body mass
Clinical outcomes
Complications and concerns
Summary
Protein and Older Persons
Key points
Introduction
Factors affecting protein requirements in older age
Protein intake in older people
Recent consensus recommendations for protein intake in older persons
Supplementation
Possible ceiling effect of higher protein intake on protein synthesis
Relevance of protein intake for older patients
Summary
Gastric Emptying in the Elderly
Key points
Introduction
Mechanisms controlling gastric emptying
Measurement of gastric emptying
Effects of healthy aging on gastric emptying and motility
Medical conditions and medications associated with delayed gastric emptying
Implications for the absorption of medications, energy intake, glycemic control, and blood pressure
Vitamin Supplementation in the Elderly
Key points
Vitamins and aging
Vitamin supplementation and disease prevention
Vitamin A and β-carotene
Vitamin E
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Folic acid
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Summary
Sarcopenia as the Biological Substrate of Physical Frailty
Key points
Introduction
Sarcopenia: from definition to assessment
Sarcopenia and frailty: deconstructing their inner foundations
Sarcopenia and physical frailty: a new conceptual model of disease
Summary
Frailty, Exercise and Nutrition
Key points
Dynamics of frailty
Factors associated with transitions in the frailty state
Physical exercise in frail elders
Nutrition in frail elders
Combination of physical exercise and nutrition interventions
Multifactorial randomized, controlled interventions
Take home messages
Dehydration, Hypernatremia, and Hyponatremia
Key points
Dehydration
Hyponatremia
Summary
The Role of Nutrition and Physical Activity in Cholesterol and Aging
Key points
Introduction
Pathologic conditions associated with cholesterol and aging
Prevention or treatment of hypercholesterolemia
Summary
Anorexia of Aging
Key points
Introduction
What is the anorexia of aging?
Prevalence
Screening
Pathophysiology
Managing anorexia to achieve healthy aging
Summary
Screening for Malnutrition in Older People
Key points
Prevalence of malnutrition in elderly
Risk factors of malnutrition in elderly
Consequences of malnutrition in elderly
Nutrition screening
Appendix 1 The SNAQ: a screening test for anorexia
Appendix 2 MEALS-ON-WHEELS: mnemonic as an easy method to screen for causes of weight loss in older persons
Diabetes, Nutrition, and Exercise
Key points
Introduction
Epidemiology
Diabetogenic effects of aging
Diabetes phenotype in old age
Lifestyle modifications
Nutrition
Exercise
Nutrition-exercise interaction
Summary
Nutrition and Cognition in Aging Adults
Key points
Introduction
Summary of findings
Discussion
Summary
Index
Copyright
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Contributors

Editor
JOHN E. MORLEY, MB, BCh
Dammert Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine; Division of Endocrinology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri

Authors
AHMED H. ABDELHAFIZ, MSc, MD, FRCP
Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department of Elderly Medicine, Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, United Kingdom
SANDRINE ANDRIEU, MD, PhD
INSERM UMR 1027; University of Toulouse III; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
RITA DE CÁSSIA AQUINO, PhD
Nutrition Department, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo, Brazil
CONNIE W. BALES, PhD, RD
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center; Durham VA Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham, North Carolina
JUERGEN M. BAUER, MD, PhD
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Klinikum Oldenburg gGmbH, Oldenburg, Germany
ROBERTO BERNABEI, MD
Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
RICCARDO CALVANI, PhD
Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
TOMMY CEDERHOLM, MD
Professor of Clinical Nutrition; Senior Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
MATTEO CESARI, MD, PhD
Gérontopôle, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
NICOLA COLEY, PhD
INSERM UMR 1027; University of Toulouse III; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
ALFONSO J. CRUZ-JENTOFT, MD
Head of the Geriatric Department, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
REBECCA DIEKMANN, PhD
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky Universi