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Diet And Successful Aging, Jamie Baum
Diet And Successful Aging, Jamie Baum
Diet, Food, Exercise, and Nutrition (D-FEND)
Learning Objectives:
Define successful aging
Understand the components of successful aging
Learn diets and dietary patterns for successful aging
Physical activity and successful aging
Dietary Regulation Of Successful Aging, Aubree L. Hawley
Dietary Regulation Of Successful Aging, Aubree L. Hawley
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The current growth of the older population is unprecedented in U.S. history. Chronic disease and functional limitation commonly develop prior to old age, leading to prolonged physical disability and decreased well-being. The development of chronic disease and loss of independence is associated with lean body mass (LBM) loss and fat mass gain beginning in middle age. Therefore, it is important to identify modifiable factors to mitigate deleterious shifts in body composition to promote successful aging (SA). The concept of SA is associated with longevity, the absence of disease and disability, and subjective components of well-being, however, an operational definition has …