Handbook of nutrition in the aged / edited by Ronald R. Watson.

Title
  1. Handbook of nutrition in the aged / edited by Ronald R. Watson.
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  1. Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 1994.

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Additional authors
  1. Watson, Ronald R. (Ronald Ross)
Description
  1. 445 pages; 26 cm
Uniform title
  1. CRC handbook of nutrition in the aged.
Subject
  1. Aged
  2. Aging > Nutritional aspects
  3. Nutrition Disorders > Aged
  4. Nutrition disorders in old age
  5. Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  6. Nutritional Requirements > Aged
  7. Older people > Diseases
  8. Older people > Nutrition
Contents
  1. Ch. 1. Obesity in the Aged / Bertil Steen -- Ch. 2. Adult Protein-Calorie Malnutrition Among Special Populations and Developing Countries / Mary E. Mohs -- Ch. 3. Membrane Alterations by Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Effect on Aging / William Stillwell and Laura J. Jenski -- Ch. 4. Aging and Body Composition / Scott B. Going and Timothy G. Lohman -- Ch. 5. Aging, Insulin Secretion, and Cellular Senescence / Rodney C. Ruhe and Roger B. McDonald -- Ch. 6. Involuntary Weight Loss in the Elderly / Jeffrey I. Wallace and Robert S. Schwartz -- Ch. 7. Age-Related Membrane Alterations: Modulation by Dietary Restriction / Sung Yeul Yang and Byung Pal Yu -- Ch. 8. Observations Concerning the Tube-Feeding of Nursing Home Residents / Adil A. Abbasi, Sailendra N. Basu and Daniel Rudman -- Ch. 9. Assessment of Nutritional Status in the Aged / Mary E. Mohs -- Ch. 10. Drug-Nutrient Interactions in the Aged / Peter P. Lamy -- Ch. 11. Vitamin C and the Elderly - An Update / Marvin Cohen, Lorraine Cheng and Hemmige N. Bhagavan.
  2. Ch. 12. Vitamin K and Vitamin K-Dependent Proteins in the Elderly: Implications for Bone and Cartilage Biology / Richard F. Loeser, Reidar Wallin and James Sadowski -- Ch. 13. Antioxidants and Cancer in the Aged / Steven M. Wood and Ronald R. Watson -- Ch. 14. Protein-Calorie Malnutrition in the Elderly / Stephen R. Gambert and Danuta A. Kassur -- Ch. 15. The Role of Malnutrition in the Failure to Thrive Syndrome / Roy B. Verdery -- Ch. 16. Changes in Protein Turnover as a Function of Age and Nutritional Status / Arlan Richardson and Walter F. Ward -- Ch. 17. Alcohol Abuse in Elderly People: Medical and Psychiatric Consequences / John P. Wattis and Jerry Seymour -- Ch. 18. Effect of Food Restriction on Immunoregulation and Aging / Gabriel Fernandes and Jaya T. Venkatraman -- Ch. 19. Osteomalacia / Stephen R. Gambert and Barry M. Schultz -- Ch. 20. Calcium Nutrition in the Elderly / Ira Wolinsky, Paul N. Taylor, Dorothy J. Klimis-Tavantzis and Sara B. Arnaud.
  3. Ch. 21. Calcium Requirements in the International Context / Shobha A. Udipi, M. Gajjar and A. B. Vaidya -- Ch. 22. Chromium Nutrition in the Elderly / Richard A. Anderson -- Ch. 23. Iron Nutrition in the Elderly / John L. Beard, Mary H. Ashraf and Helen Smiciklas-Wright -- Ch. 24. Trace Element Requirements in the Elderly / Shobha A. Udipi and A. B. Vaidya.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Rev. ed. of: CRC handbook of nutrition in the aged. c1985.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.