Healthy ageing : the role of nutrition and lifestyle : the report of a British Nutrition Foundation task force / chaired by John C. Mathers ; edited by Sara Stanner, Rachel Thompson, Judith L. Buttriss. - Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Published by Wiley-Blackwell for the British Nutrition Foundation, 2009. - xxi, 426 p. : ill., plans ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diet and nutrition issues relevant to older adults / Brigid McKevith -- The basic biology of ageing / Thomas B.L. Kirkwood and John C. Mathers -- Healthy ageing : teeth and the oral cavity / Angus Walls -- Healthy ageing : bone health / Nigel Loveridge and Susan A. Lanham-New -- Healthy ageing : the joints / Paul Dieppe -- Healthy ageing : skeletal muscle / Emilie A. Wilkes and Michael J. Rennie -- Healthy ageing : the skin / Gail Jenkins, Linda J. Wainwright, and Martin R. Green -- Healthy ageing : the brain / Robert Clarke -- Healthy ageing : the eyes / Astrid E. Fletcher -- Healthy ageing : the cardiovascular system / Sara Stanner -- Healthy ageing : the immune system / Rosalyn J. Forsey ... [et al.] -- Healthy ageing : the gastrointestinal tract / Ian Rowland and John C. Mathers -- Healthy ageing : the endocrine system / Brigid McKevith -- Taking the science forward : public health implications / Judith L. Buttriss -- Conclusions of the task force -- Recommendations of the task force -- Healthy ageing : answers to common questions.

9781405178778 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405178779 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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101478903 DNLM


Older people--Health and hygiene.
Older people--Nutrition.
Aging--Nutritional aspects.
Health behavior.
Lifestyles--Health aspects.
Aging.
Aged.
Health Behavior.
Life Style.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.

RA564.8 / .H456 2009

613/.0438 613.20846

2009 B-747 WT 104 / H434803 2009