Geriatric nutrition : the health professional's handbook / Ronni Chernoff [editor].
Material type: TextPublication details: Sudbury, Mass. ; London : Jones and Bartlett, 2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: ix, 575 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:- 9780763731816 (hbk.) :
- 9780763731816
- 613.20846 CHE
- 613.2084/6
- RC952.5 .G44342 2006
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Short Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 613.20846 CHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00211210 |
Previous ed.: Gaithersburg, Md.: Aspen, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Demographics of aging / Ronni Chernoff -- Protein metabolism and requirements / Wayne W. Campbell, Nadine S. Carnell, Anna E. Thalacker -- Carbohydrates, fat, and fluid requirements in older adults / Ronni Chernoff -- Vitamin metabolism and requirements in the elderly: selected aspects / Paolo Suter -- Mineral requirements / Robert D. Lindeman -- Trace metal requirements / Gary Fosmire -- Smell, taste, and somatosensation in the elderly / Valerie B. Duffy, Audrey K. Chapo -- Oral health in the elderly / Wendy E. Martin, Michele Saunders, Susan P. Stattmiller -- Swallowing problems in older adults / Joanne Robbins, Stephanie Kays -- The aging gut / David N. Moskovitz, John Saltzman, Young-In Kim -- Aging and the cardiovascular system / Jeanne P. Goldberg -- The aging renal system / Robert D. Lindeman -- Impact of nutrition on the age-related declines in hematopoiesis / Gurkamal S. Chatta, Linda Barry Robertson -- Skeletal aging / Gustavo Duque, Bruce R. Troen -- Endocrine aspects of nutrition and aging / John E. Morley -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the elderly: interactions and implications / R. Rebecca Couris, Kathleen M. Gura, Jeffrey Blumberg -- The geriatric exercise prescription: nutritional implications / Maria A. Fiatarone Singh -- Nutritional assessment of the elderly / Carol O. Mitchell-Eady, Ronni Chernoff -- Nutritional support for the older adult / Ronni Chernoff -- Continuum of nutrition services for older Americans / Barbara Millen, Lisa Brown, Elyse Levine -- Health promotion and disease prevention in the elderly / Beverly J. McCabe, Ruth E. Johnston.
Chernoff offers a comprehensive review of nutritional assessment, intervention programs for the elderly, and health promotion activities.