The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation's Elderly: Evaluating Coverage of Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population

by National Research Council, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Nutrition Services for Medicare Beneficiaries

Malnutrition and obesity are both common among Americans over age 65. There are also a host of other medical conditions from which older people and other Medicare beneficiaries suffer that could be improved with appropriate nutritional intervention. Despite that, access to a nutrition professional is very limited.

Do nutrition services benefit older people in terms of morbidity, mortality, or quality of life? Which health professionals are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309068460
• ISBN13: 9780309068468
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"