Nutrition Longevity, and Aging
β Scribed by Morris Rockstein (Eds.)
- Publisher
- Academic Press Inc
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 286
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Content:
ACADEMIC PRESS RAPID MANUSCRIPT REPRODUCTION, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS, Page vii
PREFACE, Page ix, Morris Rockstein, Marvin L. Sussman
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Page xi, Morris Rockstein, Marvin L. Sussman
INTRODUCTION: FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Pages 1-7, Morris Rockstein, Marvin L. Sussman
NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ELDERLYAN OVERVIEW, Pages 9-28, Robert E. Shank
THE ROLE OF NUTRITION IN HUMAN AGING, Pages 29-45, W.O. Caster
BIOCHEMICAL IMPACT OF NUTRITION ON THE AGING PROCESS, Pages 47-66, Donald M. Watkin
PROTEIN METABOLISM AND NEEDS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE, Pages 67-102, Vernon R. Young
BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF NUTRITION AND LONGEVITY IN ANIMALS, Pages 103-122, Leonard F. Jakubczak
THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF VITAMINS IN THE AGING PROCESS, Pages 123-142, Olaf Mickelsen
AGING AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: INTERACTIONS WITH DIET, HEREDITY, AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS, Pages 143-195, William R. Hazzard
NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF STROKE, PARTICULARLY IN THE ELDERLY, Pages 197-227, Adrian M. Ostfeld
THE ROLE OF NUTRITION TO DIABETES IN RELATION TO AGE, Pages 229-252, George C. Gerritsen
NUTRITION, AGING AND OBESITY, Pages 253-284, Albert J. Stunkard
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
<p>The proportion of elderly people continues to increase in the western world-nearly a quarter of the population will be over 65 years by the year 2050. Since aging is accompanied by an increase in diseases and by a deterioration in well-being, finding solutions to these social, medical and psychol
This is a great book in some respects. It collects many concepts concerning aging and disease. That said; it is a disappointment because the book suffers from poor editing. It is replete with misspellings and grammatical errors. Further, there are sentences that are completely meaningless, as if