AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO NUTRITION FOR AN ACTIVE AND HEALTHY AGING:

THE CONSENSUS DOCUMENT OF THE EIP-AHA NUTRITION GROUP

NUTRITIONAL DIVIDES

MALNUTRITION is an important component of frailty in the elderly.

Aging active and healthy implies healthy behaviours during the entire course of life: adequate nutrition is to be referred to all age groups, with a specific focus on pregnancy, childhood and youth, menopause and aging.

UNDERNUTRITION is not the only issue.

Effective INTERVENTIONS are MULTIMODAL and take into account the entirety of needs that influence adequacy of

nutrition

Nutrition for therapy

Nutrition for Well-being

Task 2: Knowledge generation on Novel functional foods

Task 3: Culinary approach

Task 4: Nutritional interventions

Task 5: Provide information to target groups (Dissemination and awareness)

Task 6: Innovative Biomarkers

Task 1: Assessment of nutrition as a risk factor for frailty

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