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Healthy Aging: Nutrition Concepts for Older Adults

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A lifestyle that includes a healthy diet and regular physical activity, including strength training, delays the appearance of age-related changes and slows the development of chronic disease and disability.

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  1. Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 338 Wallace Hall, 295 West, Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    Eleanor D. Schlenker Ph.D., R.D.N

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  1. Athabasca University Centre for Science, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

    Norman J. Temple

  2. Winona State University Department of Biology, Winona, Minnesota, USA

    Ted Wilson

  3. Louisiana State University Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    George A. Bray

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Schlenker, E.D. (2017). Healthy Aging: Nutrition Concepts for Older Adults. In: Temple, N., Wilson, T., Bray, G. (eds) Nutrition Guide for Physicians and Related Healthcare Professionals. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49929-1_6

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