Nutrition and Geriatric: An Overview

Senescence is marked by several transition in the physique, all of which have a contradictory impact on the well-being and way of living of the geriatric. As a person grows older, nutrition becomes even more important. It has a notable influence on the life quality, including physical and mental health. Food intake decreases due to biological transition in the geriatric, consequently leading to nutritional deficiencies that in turn are the primary possibility for various persistent ailments and degenerating age-related well-being. Intervention can be used to address the ongoing state of dietary deficiency and malnutrition. In this article, an overview between dental health and nutritional condition in geriatric is discussed to aggrandize a healthy way of living in geriatric.

Keywords geriatric - nutrition - aging - nutritional analysis

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