Geriatric nutrition : the health professional's handbook / Ronni Chernoff.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Demographics of aging -- Protein metabolism and requirements -- Carbohydrate, fat and fluid requirements in older adults -- Vitamin nutriture in the elderly -- Mineral requirements -- Trace metal requirements -- Smell, taste, and oral somatosensation : age-elated changes and nutritional implications -- Oral health in the elderly -- Swallowing problems in older adults -- The aging gut -- Cardiovascular disease in older adults -- Aging and the kidney -- Impact of nutrition on the age-related declines in hematopoiesis -- Skeletal aging -- Endocrine aspects of nutrition and aging -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the elderly: interactions and implications -- Pharmacology, nutrition, and the elderly : interactions and implications -- Nutritional assessment of the elderly -- Nutritional support for the older adult -- A continuum of nutrition services for older Americans -- Health promotion and disease prevention in the elderly.