Explain about the Nutritional recommendations for Healthy Ageing?
You would recall reading about meal planning during various stages of life, spanning right from the infancy till adulthood, including physiologically stressful period of pregnancy and lactation. This unit will focus on nutrition and ageing and will outline the current nutritional recommendations for healthy ageing. One of the fundamental and unavoidable facts of Life is that our bodies change with age. They change from the way they look to the way they function. Externally, the hair greys, skin wrinkles, eyes and ears also go through their own degenerations. Internally, many physiological changes occur and practically all the tissues and organs decline in their function or efficiency over time. So let us in this unit study about the nutrient requirements and dietary pattern based on above mentioned changes. How does the body composition vary from that of an adult? What physiological changes take place? What inodifications should be made so that all nutrient needs are sufficiently met? These are some issues highlighted in this unit. Let us proceed first and get to know who the elderly are.