Geriatric Nutrition Handbook

Name: Geriatric Nutrition Handbook
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ISBN: 9789401169127

ISBN-10: 9401169128

ISBN-13: 9789401169127

Edition: 1998

Authors: Stephen Bartlett, Mary Marian, Douglas Taren, Myra L. Muramoto

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The older population, defined as those 65 years and older, has been steadily increasing as a percentage of the total population since 1900. Currently, it constitutes 13% of the population. The United States Bureau of the Census predicts that the elderly will represent 20% of the U.S. population by 2030. The older population itself is getting older, with greatest percentage increases in the subgroup of elderly over 85 years of age. This segment of the elderly is now 28 times greater in number than in 1900. The aging process is associated with unique medical problems-including declining functional capacities and pbysiological reserves-that have spawned specialization in geriatric medicine.…

Book details

List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 12/6/2012
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 200
Language: English

Stephen J Bartlett was born in in 1956. He graduated from Bristol University in 199 with an honours degree in Philosophy. He has published two books: Pour Moi - a romantic style description of life's struggle - described as not Mein Camf; and a Spray of Hope - a realistic empirical answer to life's horrors and a handbook on how one might get through it.