NUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY

Measures for social inclusion of the elderly: The case of volunteering
The association was founded by employees of the local government office and closely cooperates with local authorities. Local customs, traditions and dishes have formed the development[r]

“Vulnerable Elders Survey” (VES-13) is a questionnaire accurate in predicting functional decline and highly correlated with comprehensive geriatric assessment in identifying vulnerable elderly. The purpose of this study was to translate, cultural adapt and validate the first Portuguese cross-cultura[r]

Television is one of man's most important means of communication. It brings pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house, and he can watch the president make a speech or visit a foreign country; He[r]

In addition, BMI has also been criticized for its poor discrimination between fat and muscle mass. Thus, those individuals who are overweight not because of an increased amount of body fat, may have a high BMI value, but should not be considered obese. There are data indicating that even thou[r]

Farm women are the major player to improve the nutritional status because they are user of the most of the farm product, selection of rich nutritional food is most important. Knowledge of farm women on nutrition is help to select food for nutrition. And the application of the knowledge is play major[r]

This review paper deals about important strategies to improve the nutrition security in India such as promotion of industrial fortified products, promotion of homestead gardening practices, snacks based food supplements for women of childbearing age, enhancement of diversified agricultural productio[r]

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The focus of this paper is to analyze the elderly and the market to help them to buy more suitable garments. With the increasing in the average age of populations across the world and extending life expectancies, the designers should consider in terms of designing and manufacturing of more functiona[r]

WWW .H SJ . GR – H EALTH S CIENCE J OURNAL ® V OLUME 4, I SSUE 1 (2010)
Smoking causes long and short-term increases either in systolic or in diastolic blood pressure values. Hypertension treatment and low cholesterol diet have no effect on hypertensive and hyperl[r]

could not replace such an interview with an interview with their family because of poor concordance rates, particu- larly in cases where the elderly patient suffered from dementia [53,54]. We decided to focus this extensive study on the professionals' views in orde[r]

risk FOSTEOPOROSIS _RECS:_---Calcium 1500 mg/day & Vit D 400-800 IU/d -estrogen prophylaxis post-menopause -weight bearing exercise _MEDICARE _covers bone densitometry with indications o[r]

Under nutrition is one of the major causes of health problems among children under five years old in Ethiopia. Though the problem of under nutrition has decreased in the country, it is still continuing as one of the major causes of mortality of children under five.

[L.] Karst.). In 2005 the point application of fertilizer tablets of Silvamix type in three treatments and calcic dolomite was performed into the rhizosphere of plants. Before fertilization and after three years of the experiment soil samples were taken from t[r]

synthesis of results from seven recent studies of trends in disability (20, 50, 52, 71, 80). Although the studies differ in population coverage, sample design, method and periodicity of measurement, use of proxies, and treatment of nonresponse and missing data, the auth[r]

Because Igs are an integral component of the immune system, an overview of the immune system and how
aging impacts the system are discussed briefl y below. The immune system can be divided into innate and adaptive components. The innate immunity, through macro[r]

C ognitive impairment is a common finding in older people, as the prevalence of dementia increases with age. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a slowly progressive primary dementing disorder. Intercurrent illnesses, infections, metabolic disturbances and[r]

Another promising class of drugs for the treatment of AML are the farnesyl transferase inhibitors (FTIs). Farnesyl transferase is an enzyme that catalyzes a 15- carbon farnesyl group to Ras, which is a process that is required for Ras to attach to the cell membrane. Ras,