Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
Review Article
The Role of Nutrition in the Health of Elderly: A Review Article
Author(s): Mohammadjavad Veisimiankali*, Tayebeh Mahvar and Mahvan Hemmati
Background and Aim: With the increase in the elderly population and the greater vulnerability of this group to diseases, the study of the elderly nutritional status is a necessary factor in health maintenance and disease prevention. Therefore, the present study deals with the role of nutrition in the health of the elderly.
Methods: This review with Persian keywords "nutrition", "health", "elderly" and "Iran" in the databases of Iran Scientific Information and Documentation Research Institute (ISIDRI) (Ganj system), Iranian publications database (Magiran), Academic Jihad database and english keywords "elderly", "health", "aged", "nutrition", "Iran" were performed in the databases "Google Scholar", "Pubmed", "Scopus" in the p.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2322-3308.23.12.2.010
