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Interrelationship of Exercise and Nutrition in the Elderly

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Nutritional Intervention in the Aging Process

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Although there is both truth and humor in the statement “We are what we eat,” a more comprehensive description of ourselves would be, “We are both what we eat and what we do.” The genetically determined components of body composition are known to be importantly modified by both nutritional status and physical activity levels throughout the human life span. This chapter is intended to provide a broad overview of how alterations in substrate consumption (nutrition) and combustion (energy production) throughout adult life affect the composition and functional capacities of the human body.

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    H. James Armbrecht Ph.D.  & John M. Prendergast M.D.  & 

  2. GRECC, St. Louis VA Medical Center, and Department of Community Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, 63104, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Rodney M. Coe Ph.D.

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Shepard, J.W. (1984). Interrelationship of Exercise and Nutrition in the Elderly. In: Armbrecht, H.J., Prendergast, J.M., Coe, R.M. (eds) Nutritional Intervention in the Aging Process. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5272-6_19

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