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Title: Nutrition for the Older Adult: An Overview


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Nutrition for the Older Adult An Overview
  • M. Burns
  • FCS 5151

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Session Outcomes
  • Analyze trends in the aging population related to
    income, longevity, nutritional status, and
    educational background
  • Define malnutrition
  • Identify risk factors for malnutrition in the
    older population

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Class topics
  • Defining the aging population
  • Definition of malnutrition
  • Risk factors of malnutrition
  • Generalizations of nutritional status
  • Assessing nutritional status
  • Determining nutritional needs
  • Combating and preventing malnutrition

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Who are talking about?
  • 3 Different Populations
  • Young-Old
  • Old-Old
  • Oldest-Old
  • Fastest growing segment of the senior population
  • Number is steadily increasing
  • 2000 12.4 of population was 65
  • 2030 projected 20

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What do you think?
  • Analyze trends in the aging population related to
    longevity, and educational background
  • What impact might these trends have on the
    nutritional status of older adults?

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Cycle of Malnutrition
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Risk Factors Influencing Nutrition Status of
Older Adults
  • Socioeconomic
  • Psychological
  • Environmental
  • Physiological
  • Polypharmacy
  • Nutrient needs

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Current Nutritional Status
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Assessing Nutritional Status
  • Anthropometrics
  • Biochemical
  • Clinical
  • Dietary
  • Emotional
  • Functional
  • Medication

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Combating Malnutrition
  • Independent living
  • Institutionalized
  • Somewhere in between
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