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1.3. 1. Nutrition

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Long-Term Tea Intake is Associated with Reduced Prevalence of (Type 2) Diabetes Mellitus among Elderly People from Mediterranean Islands: MEDIS Epidemiological Study

The current study evaluates the association between long-term tea consumption and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, in elderly adults. Participants from Cyprus, Mitilini, Samothraki, Kefalonia, Crete, Corfu and Zakynthos (aged 65 to 100 years) were enrolled in the study.

THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION ON DEVELOPMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS: THE ROLE OF THE NURSE

The purpose of this paper is to provide nursing staff and especially those involved in osteoporosis patients with all the necessary information and new data on the disease, especially in relation to nutrition, aiming at prevention and improvement of both

Evaluation of the efficacy of six nutritional screening tools to predict malnutrition in the elderly

Background & aims: Malnutrition in the elderly is a multifactorial problem, more prevalent in hospitals and care homes. The absence of a gold standard in evaluating nutritional risk led us to evaluate the efficacy of six nutritional screening tools used

Assessment of the nutritional index of older people in an Open Care Center and correlation with their socioeconomic status and health indicators

ΣΚΟΠΟΣ Η αξιολόγηση της κατάστασης θρέψης των ηλικιωμένων σε Κέντρα Ανοικτής Περίθαλψης Ηλικιωμένων και η συσχέτιση του δείκτη θρέψης με τις κοινωνικοοικονομικές μεταβλητές και τους δείκτες υγείας. ΥΛΙΚΟ-ΜΕΘΟΔΟΣ Το δείγμα περιελάμβανε 120 ηλικιωμένα άτομα, που ήταν μέλη των ΚέντρωνΑνοικτής Προστασίας

Main biomarkers associated with a decrease in age‑related plasma zinc and copper/zinc ratio in healthy elderly from ZincAge study

Zinc (Zn) plays a fundamental role in many biological processes, especially in immune response. Impaired Zn status is related to immune dysfunction, and has been associated with enhanced chronic inflammation during aging. The purpose of this study is the

Aging: Is calorie restriction anti-aging?

The mechanisms that lead to the progressive aging process of an organism are multiple and complex. The theories of aging are categorized into damage based, which focus on the progressive accumulation of damage throughout life, and program-based, which are based