Tag: elderly

Fitness

Ageing and Exercise for the Elderly

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Key Points

  • Aging results in several musculoskeletal changes causing a decline in physical functions. Abilities like strength, flexibility, and power are also compromised. Regular exercise is an effective intervention for reversing this age-related decline and provides a myriad of health benefits to the aging population.
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Nutrition

Nutritional Requirements of the Elderly

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Key Points

  • Aging results in a reduction in caloric requirement. Caloric restriction (CR) is a proven intervention in the prevention of chronic diseases and promoting healthy aging. Caloric intake should be kept between 1.30 to 1.52 times the REE.
  • Protein requirement increases with age to preserve the decreasing muscle mass, and partly due to ‘Anabolic Resistance (AR)’.
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