Nutrition and Health for the Aging Population
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 2131
Special Issue Editor
Interests: amino acids; arginine; biochemistry; melatonin; mitochondria; metabolism; pharmacology; physiology; supplementation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The demographic transition with the exponentially growing population of elderly people poses a great challenge to science and research. Age-associated metabolic dysfunction resulting in oxidative stress and inflammation is a dominant risk factor for many chronic and degenerative disorders and diseases. The progressive increase in healthcare costs for non-communicable diseases and the increase in morbidity and mortality with advanced age can be attributed to a great extent to the lack of appropriate nutritional support and the accumulative bioenergetic burden supposed upon the target population by the western diet that is usually rich in sugar, fat, and salt, but poor in antioxidants, fibers, and vegan proteins. The availability of bioenergetic resources determines the potential to adapt and survive. Nutrition constitutes a decisive factor in determining health and healthcare costs. The development of supplementation that targets the specific needs of the elderly has been proposed to improve health by supplying sufficient macro and micronutrients. This Special Issue explores current approaches to establish a superior supplementation using whole food, food, and food ingredients of exceptionally high nutrient density. Product development that demonstrates how such supplementation can exert broad positive effects on health in the target population is welcome and we aim to discuss the emerging concepts to improve nutrition and health by supplementation.
Dr. Burkhard Poeggeler
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aging
- amino acids
- antioxidants
- fibers
- food
- health
- nutrients
- product development
- proteins
- supplementation
