Handbook of Nutrition in the Aged

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3rd ed. Nutritional Supplementation and Health -- Nutrition and Electrolytes in the Elderly / Marthe Moseley -- Vitamin C in Health and Diseases of the Elderly / Hemmi N. Bhagavan, Marvin Cohen -- Aging and Nutritional Needs / Waithira Mirie -- Nutrition and Elderly Cancer Patients / Loris Pironi, Enrico Ruggeri, Federico Mecchia -- Undernutrition: Role in Longevity -- Trace Element Requirements of the Elderly / S.A. Udipi, P. Ghugre, H. Hoskote, K. Kenjle -- Early Undernutrition: Good or Bad for Longevity? / Avan Aihie Sayer, Cyrus Cooper -- Assessment of Nutritional Status in the Older Adult / Adele Huls -- Bone Loss, Body Mass Index, and Fracture Histories in an Arizona Elderly Population / William A. Stini -- Gender Differences in Nutritional Lifestyles in the Aged / Katsumi Kano, Satoshi Toyokawa -- Undernutrition: A Factor of Accelerated Immune Aging in Healthy and Diseased Aged Persons / Bruno M. Lesourd -- Mechanistic Studies of Nutrition and Health in the Elderly -- Nutrition in the Aged: Nursing Perspectives / M. Anne Woodtli -- Overweight and Obesity in the Aged / Debashish Kumar Dey, Bertil Steen -- Immune Reactivity in the Elderly: Influence of Dietary Factors and Disease with Emphasis on Lipid Alterations / Thomas M. Stulnig -- Carbohydrate Metabolism and Aging / Rodney C. Ruhe, Roger B. McDonald -- Chemical Senses and Food Choices in Aging / Adam Drewnowski, Victoria Warren-Mears -- Changes in Protein Turnover as a Function of Age and Nutritional Status / Walter Ward, Arlan Richardson.