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Interventions aimed at dietary and lifestyle changes to promote healthy aging

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 54, pages S148–S156 (2000)Cite this article

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Desirable dietary habits and other lifestyle practices reduce premature mortality and compress the period of morbidity experienced towards the end of life. Aging adults are at risk of nutritionally inadequate diets especially in relation to protein, vitamins D, B1, B6, B12, fluid and other food components. Interventions aimed at ensuring dietary adequacy also need to consider the social and cultural aspects of eating as food is fundamental to a person's well-being and quality of life. The nutrition-related health problems associated with aging such as frailty, depression, incontinence and chronic non-communicable diseases should be identified in both the individual and in the community before dietary and other health interventions are implemented. In older adults, these dietary and health promoting interventions should then focus on maximizing function and quality of life, be acceptable and finally, measurable in terms of effectiveness.

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2000) 54, Suppl 3, S148–S156

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  1. International Health and Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Asia Pacific Health and Nutrition Centre, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    ML Wahlqvist

  2. International Health and Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    GS Savige

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Wahlqvist, M., Savige, G. Interventions aimed at dietary and lifestyle changes to promote healthy aging. Eur J Clin Nutr 54 (Suppl 3), S148–S156 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601037

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