Food for the aging population / edited by Monique M. Raats, Lisette C.P.G.M. de Groot, Dieneke van Asselt.
This book reviews the characteristics of the aging population as food consumers, the role of nutrition in healthy aging, and the design of food products and services for the elderly. It discusses the older population as consumers of food and beverages, the extension of functionality into later life,...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam : Duxford, United Kingdom :
Elsevier ; Woodhead Publishing,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition.
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| Online Access: | ScienceDirect |
| Summary: | This book reviews the characteristics of the aging population as food consumers, the role of nutrition in healthy aging, and the design of food products and services for the elderly. It discusses the older population as consumers of food and beverages, the extension of functionality into later life, how to develop food products and services for older people, the economic determinants of diet in older adults, and public policy and older people's diets. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 382 pages) : illustrations (some colour). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0081003498 9780081003497 008100348X 9780081003480 |