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Katherine Gray-Donald, PhD. Being a little overweight is protective for your health Losing weight means losing muscle mass so be careful. THE GOOD NEWS. Probabilité de demeurer à domicile pour la personne âgee avec et sans perte de poids.
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Being a little overweight is protective for your health Losing weight means losing muscle mass so be careful THE GOOD NEWS
Probabilité de demeurer à domicile pour la personne âgee avec et sans perte de poids. Payette H, Coulombe C, Boutier V, Gray-Donald K. Nutritional risk factors for institutionalization in a free-living functionally dependent elderly population. J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:579-87.
Impact de la nutrition chez la personne âgee Diminution des risques de morbidités chroniques Cancer Diabètes MCV Préservation de la masse maigre
Macronutriments Énergie Protéines Glucides Lipides
Vitamin D levels are low without supplements, particularly in winter • Calcium intakes can be low depending on diet • (but large supplements are not advised) • Sodium levels are far too high Almost ¾ is in processed foods
Calcium and vitamin D dietary reference intakes by life stage
Prepare for a long happy Advice Advice for a healthy retirement Time to follow your interests in relation to food Time to exercise Recipes/ nutrients in foods Canadian Nutrient file food search/ Canadian Food Guide
Advice from an older study participant She died years ago. A stroke. … Most of these (elderly) have awfully bad ideas about meals. A lot of old people… … They eat, little bits of things. I, I could eat a horse! ... That’s why I’m, 91 and … counting!" Advice from someone older "No, I have, I had a friend, she used to ask me to come to lunch. And she has the craziest lunch I used to tell her, I had lunch before so I couldn’t have. But she’d have toast and tea and maybe a little sliver of cheese and that’d be lunch. And I thought, God!...She’s just, it’s just that she couldn’t eat. She said ‘I couldn’t eat a lot’. You know. … …
Leçcons apprises • Les apports en vitamine D son suffisants chez les personnes prenant des suppléments • Les besoins en protéines sont possiblement plus élevés que les recommendations actuelles • L’éducation en regard des apports en sodium est importante • Prévenir vaut mieux que guérir