Research Catalog

Title

Nutritional assessment of elderly populations : measure and function / editor, Irwin H. Rosenberg ; section editors, Tamara B. Harris [and others] ; assistant editor, Kathleen L. Cappellano.

Publication

New York : Raven Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Symposium on Nutrition Research (13th : 1993 : Boston, Mass.)
• Rosenberg, Irwin H.

Description

xxi, 314 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson nutrition symposia ; 13

Uniform Title

Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson nutrition symposia ; 13.

Subject

• Nutrition Assessment > Aged
• Nutrition Disorders > Aged
• Nutrition Disorders > diagnosis
• Nutrition disorders in old age > Risk factors > Congresses
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena > Aged
• Older people > Evaluation > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Proceedings of the 13th Annual Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Symposium on Nutrition Research, held in Boston on Oct. 11-13, 1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Series Foreword / David A. Cook -- Foreword / Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. -- 1. Albumin as a Marker of Nutritional and Health Status / Laura C. Rall, Ronenn Roubenoff and Tamara B. Harris -- 2. Serum Albumin and Dietary Protein in the Euronut SENECA Project / Wija A. van Staveren, Reggy P. J. van der Wielen, Henri Dirren and Jan Burema -- 3. Albumin, Body Composition, and Dietary Intake in Chronic Inflammation / Ronenn Roubenoff, Lynne W. Grimm and Rebecca A. Roubenoff -- 4. Serum Albumin Results from a Longitudinal Study of Community-Dwelling Healthy Elderly in the New Mexico Aging Process Study / Linda J. Romero, William C. Hunt and Philip J. Garry -- 5. Muscle Mass: Its Measurement and Influence on Aging. The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging / Denis C. Muller, Dariush Elahi, John D. Sorkin and Reubin Andres -- 6. Albumin, Skeletal Muscle, and Lean Body Mass as Functional Predictors in the Elderly: Brief Comment and Analysis / Vernon R. Young and Melchor Sanchez --
• 7. Diet, Plasma Lipids, and Cardiovascular Risk in the Elderly: Background and Overview / Alice H. Lichtenstein, Jose M. Ordovas and Ernst J. Schaefer -- 8. Management of High Blood Cholesterol in the Elderly: Based on the Second Adult Treatment Panel Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program / Scott M. Grundy -- 9. Cholesterol and Other Lipoprotein Lipids in Older People / Walter H. Ettinger, Jr. -- 10. Current Levels and Trends in Serum Total Cholesterol in U.S. Adults 65 Years of Age and Older: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys / Christopher T. Sempos, Clifford L. Johnson, Margaret D. Carroll and Ronette R. Briefel -- 11. Justification for Management of Blood Lipids in the Elderly / William B. Kannel -- 12. Responsiveness to Lipid-Lowering Diets in the Elderly / Alice H. Lichtenstein -- 13. Assessment of Antioxidant Vitamin Status in Older Adults / Andrew D. Halpner and Jeffrey B. Blumberg --
• 14. Descriptive Epidemiology of Antioxidant Status in Older Adults / Jurg Haller -- 15. Potential Disease Endpoints of Antioxidant Nutriture / Walter C. Willett -- 16. Selected Actions of Micronutrient Antioxidants / Norman I. Krinsky -- 17. Antioxidant Nutrients and Immune Response / Ranjit K. Chandra -- 18. Water-Soluble Vitamins in the Elderly: Background and Overview / Robert M. Russell -- 19. Water-Soluble Vitamin Intakes in the Elderly: Cross-Cultural Findings in the IUNS Study / Mark L. Wahlqvist, Antigone Kouris-Blazos, Widjaja Lukito and Bridget H.-H. Hsu-Hage / IUNS Study Investigators -- 20. B Vitamins as Risk Factors for Age-Related Diseases / Paul F. Jacques and Karen M. Riggs -- 21. Calcium and Vitamin D Metabolism and Nutritional Status in the Elderly: Overview / Bess Dawson-Hughes -- 22. Vitamin D and Calcium: Their Roles in Pathophysiology and Prevention of Hip Fractures / Pierre J. Meunier, Marie-Claire Chapuy, Monique E. Arlot and Francois Duboeuf --
• 23. Vitamin D, Calcium and Bone: Descriptive Epidemiology / Douglas P. Kiel -- 24. Calcium Homeostasis in Elderly Nursing Home Residents / Lorraine Marden Komar, Felicia Cosman, Jeri W. Nieves and Robert Lindsay -- 25. Vitamin D Deficiency in Kansas / Barbara P. Lukert -- 26. Vitamin D and Calcium Assessment in the Elderly / Robert Lindsay -- 27. Nutritional Assessment of Elderly Populations: Measure and Function - Concluding Remarks / Irwin H. Rosenberg.

ISBN

0781702321

LCCN

94026017

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries