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Liquid dietary supplements for increased energy in the elderly population: Aditi M Sengupta, Eastern Michigan University Nutritional factor plays avery important role in the mortality of the aged population.Liquid dietary supplemenation is an effective way to increase the vitality in the geriatric population. Ageing is associated with increasing prevalence of undernutrition,the investigation of interventions to reverse this trend are much more recent. Other changes in body composition include reduction in total body water, bone density and an increase in body fat:water ratio. Energy requirements decrease by about 100 kcal/day per decade in proportion to the reduction in the amount of lean metabolising tissue. Estimated average requirement of energy for people over 75 years of age is 1,810 kcal/day for females and 2,100 kcal/day for males [1] . With decreasing energy intake, micronutrient requirements are less easily met, and the diet needs to be particularly nutrient-dense to compensate. Undernutrition is the most frequent type of malnutrition in elderly patients due to protein-energy deficiency. References: 1. Effect of liquid dietary supplements on energy intake in the elderly1,2 Margaret-Mary G Wilson, Raj Purushothaman and John E Morley American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 75, No. 5, 944-947, May 2002 2. Data collected at Senior services Michigan area,Aditi M Sengupta, dated: 08/01/09 to 08/31/09. Message: "Keep the Doors Open to Senior Independence."
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