Diet in the elderly
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- Can seniors ignore their cholesterol levels? // Tufts University Diet & Nutrition Letter;Jan95, Vol. 12 Issue 11, p6
Reports on blood cholesterol levels in the elderly in the United States. Impact of high blood cholesterols on the very elderly; Diet for the elderly; Problems of low-fat diet for the elderly; Side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
- Fiber supplementation speeds gut transit time. Cheskin, Lawrence J.; Kamal, Neel // Brown University Long-Term Care Quality Letter;12/11/95, Vol. 7 Issue 23, p7
Reports that adding fiber to the diets of the elderly can relieve the symptoms of constipation. Dangerous implications for elderly as they cannot tolerate prescription laxatives.
- Ask the experts. // Functional U;Feb2004, Vol. 2 Issue 2/3, p14
Answers medical questions from several readers. Long-term effects of a low-carbohydrate diet; Diets for the elderly.
- Old-timer riding secrets. Sieman, R. // Dirt Bike;Dec89, Vol. 19 Issue 12, p58
Presents tips for dirt bike racing for `elderly' riders, including riding techniques, diet advice, and training methods.
- CRITICS' CHOICE. // Daily Mail;1/ 9/2014, p44
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- CRITICS' CHOICE. // Daily Mail;1/ 9/2014, p54
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- Elders with dementia benefit from altering food texture. // Brown University Long-Term Care Quality Advisor;9/16/96, Vol. 8 Issue 17, p8
Reports on the benefits of altering the food texture of elderly patients with dementia. Maintenance of weight through oral intake; Examination of the relationship between activities of daily living performance and diet of in a group of nursing-home eligible elderly with dementia.
- Demographic and nutritional trends among the elderly in developed and developing regions. Solomons, N.W. // European Journal of Clinical Nutrition;Jun2000 Supplement, Vol. 54, pS2
Presents information on demographic and nutritional trends among the aged in the developed and developing countries. Background on aging; Facts and projections in demography; Diet and nutritional status; Population data on nutrition and diet of the elderly.
- Low-protein diets: A hazard in the elderly. Pinkowish, Mary Desmond // Patient Care;11/15/1995, Vol. 29 Issue 18, p187
Presents the result of the study on effects of low-protein diets in elderly women in the United States. Data from several healthy women; Physiological effect of low-protein diet.
- Diet and overall survival in elderly people. Trichopoulou, Antonia; Kouris-Blazos, Antigone // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);12/2/95, Vol. 311 Issue 7018, p1457
Assesses the influence of a specific dietary pattern on overall survival of elderly people in three rural Greek villages. Dietary habits of elderly villagers; Greek variant of the traditional Mediterranean diet; Favorable effect of diet on life expectancy; Long survival of people in the European...
