From
the National Resource Center on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Aging:
August 1st, 2006:
Biweekly Highlights
This notice provides announcements
and links to new nutrition, physical activity, and aging information.
Of
Special Interest
News
AoA
HHS provides funding to states for alternatives to nursing home care in Medicaid
LaSalle Bank commissioned study finds:
Early death tied to lack of grocery stores
Eurekalert
Obesity in prostate cancer patients predicts cancer recurrence and progression
Resources and Web links
NIH: Keep it Cool with Hot Weather Advice for Older People
NIA
Health and Retirement Study
Good Nutrition: It's a Way of Life
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Young at Heart, tips for older adults
FDA:
Eating well as we age
Growing older, eating better
American Institute for Cancer Research:
Nutrition after fifty, tips and recipes
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Food stamp information
Center for the Advancement of Health: Helping older adults make healthier choices
Research
Bartali B, Frongillo EA, Bandinelli S, Lauretani F, Semba RD, Fried LP, Ferrucci L.
Low nutrient intake is an essential component of frailty in older persons.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006;61:589-93.
Chubak J, Ulrich CM, Tworoger SS, Sorensen B, Yasui Y, Irwin ML, Stanczyk FZ, Potter JD, McTiernan A. Effect of exercise on bone mineral density and lean mass in postmenopausal women.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006;38:1236-44.
Delappe E, McGreevy C, Ni Chadhain N, Grimes H, O'brien T, Mulkerrin E. Vitamin D insufficiency in older female community-dwelling acute hospital admissions and the response to supplementation.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 (e-published ahead of print)
Goyens PL, Mensink RP. Effects of alpha-linolenic acid versus those of EPA/DHA on cardiovascular risk markers in healthy elderly subjects.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006, 6:978-984
Greene PJ.
Low-fat diet and weight change in postmenopausal women. JAMA. 2006, 296:394
Janssen I, Mark AE.
Separate and combined influence of body mass index and waist circumference on arthritis and knee osteoarthritis.
Int J Obes. 2006:1223-8.
Keller HH.
The SCREEN I (Seniors in the Community: Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition) index adequately represents nutritional risk.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2006;59:836-41.
Keller HH.
Meal programs improve nutritional risk: a longitudinal analysis of community-living seniors.
J Am Diet Assoc. 2006;106:1042-8.
Maraldi C, Volpato S, Kritchevsky SB, Cesari M, Andresen E, Leeuwenburgh C, Harris TB, Newman AB, Kanaya A, Johnson KC, Rodondi N, Pahor M.
Impact of inflammation on the relationship among alcohol consumption, mortality, and cardiac events: the health, aging, and body composition study.
Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(14):1490-7.
Shah RC, Wilson RS, Bienias JL, Arvanitakis Z, Evans DA, Bennett DA.
Blood Pressure and Lower Limb Function in Older Persons.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006;61:839-843.
Stewart KJ, Ouyang P, Bacher AC, Lima S, Shapiro EP.
Exercise effects on cardiac size and left ventricular diastolic function: relationships to changes in fitness, fatness, blood pressure and insulin resistance.
Heart 2006;92:893-8
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