TY - BOOK AU - Chernoff,Ronni TI - Geriatric nutrition: the health professional's handbook SN - 9780763782627 AV - RC 952.5 G44.2014 PY - 2014///, CY - Burlington, MA PB - Jones & Bartlett Learning KW - Aged KW - Personas adultas mayores KW - Aging KW - Physiology KW - Fisiología N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; Demographics of aging -- Protein metabolism and requirements -- Carbohydrate, fat and fluid requirements in older adults -- Vitamin nutriture in the elderly -- Mineral requirements -- Trace metal requirements -- Smell, taste, and oral somatosensation : age-elated changes and nutritional implications -- Oral health in the elderly -- Swallowing problems in older adults -- The aging gut -- Cardiovascular disease in older adults -- Aging and the kidney -- Impact of nutrition on the age-related declines in hematopoiesis -- Skeletal aging -- Endocrine aspects of nutrition and aging -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the elderly: interactions and implications -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the elderly : interactions and implications -- Nutritional assessment of the elderly -- Nutritional support for the older adult -- A continuum of nutrition services for older Americans -- Health promotion and disease prevention in the elderly ER -