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... that the foods already on the market represent a small fraction of the potential for functional foods Today’s science and technology can be used to provide many additional functional foods, and future ... expanding their use of functional foods and supplements, particularly where new research can guide their selection of those foods to meet specific needs It would be unreasonable to expect functional ... age, adolescent girls and boys, athletes, military personnel, and Fig Role of Functional Foods in Health Care Continuum the elderly Delivery Foods Fortified/Enhanced Foods Supplements For example,...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 04:20

... the primary melanocytic neoplasms of adults and young adults We observed distinct miRNA profiles in the primary melanocytic neoplasms of adults and young adults that could also potentially be ... pediatric and young adults compared with older adults; the results of which emphasize the importance of these master regulators in the transcriptional machinery of melanocytic neoplasms and support ... first and has the largest variance over the samples of all such orthogonal linear combinations, and so on The samples were first centered by their means and standardized by their norms, and then...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... and older adults More specifically, young adults decreased their gait velocity and stride length particularly under single-task condition, whereas older adults increased their walking speed and ... single and dual-task conditions in young and older adults In young adults, muscle fatigue resulted in significant decreases in single-task gait velocity and stride length, whereas in older adults, ... between young and older adults In this study, significant baseline differences between young and older adults were found for maximal torque Granacher et al Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... Fitness and Health-Related Quality of Life Dimensions in Community-Dwelling Middle Aged and Older Adults Pedro R Olivares1, Narcis Gusi1§, Josue Prieto1, Miguel A Hernandez-Mocholi1 Faculty ... health program that aims to promote PA for middleaged and older adults It is supported and managed by the Extremadura regional government and performed by the University of Extremadura All assessors ... centers, and local park entrances; and f) information stands at regional and local health-, sport- or welfare-related events (information meetings, fairs, etc.) for year The public health and sport...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... consensus on the definition of nutraceuticals and functional foods The term 'nutraceutical' was coined from 'nutrition' and 'pharmaceutical' in 1989 by DeFelice and was originally defined as 'a ... term 'functional foods' to describe the former and nutraceuticals to describe the latter [6] Under this newer definition (which we will use in the rest of this paper), nutraceuticals are thus functional ... incorporated in a functional drink Depending on the regulatory laws of each country, these functional ingredients are sold as drugs, nutraceuticals (dietary supplements) , or functional foods in association...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... of functionally and/ or cognitively impaired adults These programs provide older adults with social interaction and health monitoring and also provide respite for caregivers; Health promotion and ... Surgeon General’s report on mental health and older adults has been released as a separate document As a companion piece, Older Adults and Mental Health: Issues and Opportunities focuses on the broad ... mental disorders in older adults are also needed Delivery of mental health services to older adults Older Americans underutilize mental health services A number of individual and systemic barriers...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults This glossary for older adults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging  Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for Older Adults ... Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults This glossary for older adults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging  Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for Older Adults ... Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults This glossary for older adults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging  Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for Older Adults...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 00:20

... nutrition is the topic of herbs and supplements Older adults can purchase all manner of substances over-the-counter, and sales of supplements such as melatonin, DHEA, and omega-3 fatty acids are ... 111 Chapter Massage Therapy and Older Adults Eileen Kennedy and Cheryl Chapman 135 Chapter Daoist Spirituality and Philosophy: Implications for Holistic Health, Aging, and Longevity Amy L Ai 149 ... the types and amounts of different fats For example, fats are categorized as 18 Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Older Adults saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... that cater for the needs of older adults Evaluation of these services and ongoing monitoring of their patients requires that participation in functional activities and health-related quality of ... telephone and face-to-face administration of these instruments amongst older adults Methods Design Equivalence investigation between telephone and face-toface administration for the FAI and the ... never drive The Bland-Altman plots for the FAI summary score, and EQ-5D VAS and utility scores are displayed (Figure 1) and not indicate a relationship between overall score and level of agreement...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... Van MW: Effects of resistance and all-round, functional training on quality of life, vitality and depression of older adults living in long-term care facilities: a 'randomized' controlled trial ... to compare the effects of ST and PT to one another and to a wait list control group with respect to changes in quality of life in older adults Following Stewart and King's [16] conceptual framework ... power, and physical functioning Participants Older adults were recruited from the local community using flyers distributed to retirement communities, a database containing the names of older adults...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... participation restriction is common in adults aged 50 years and over, increases with age and female gender, and most commonly affects mobility outside the home [22] Incidence and recovery rates of participation ... restriction at three year follow-up) and three-year persistence (any restriction at both baseline and follow-up) were calculated overall, and by age and gender, and summarized using percentages For ... restriction at three-year follow-up in older adults who completed the KAP at three year follow-up and those lost at follow-up; overall and stratified by age and gender Estimated onset of any restriction...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... activity and QOL operates through self-efficacy and physical and mental health status pathways, as proposed by McAuley and colleagues [2], in a sample of community dwelling older men and women ... (α = 83) and reflects physical health status in the context of carrying out household and social activities Participant recruitment We recruited community dwelling adults aged 50 and older via ... sclerosis [8] In the context of older adults, a number of physical and psychosocial factors might represent mental and physical health status outcomes For example, Elavsky and colleagues [9] have noted...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... family and friends would be extremely valuable in counteracting obstacles and enhancing health and QOL [72] Increasing older adults' activity level or facilitators in their environment and reducing ... Health Organisation (WHO) to promote older adults' participation Environmental factors need to support and reinforce older adults' competence, facilitate adaptation, and compensate for activity limitations ... social support and attitudes (14), income, labour and income security (15), government and public services (27), equal opportunities and political orientations (10), physical environment and accessibility...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... healthy older adults and older adults with a HLGD walk more slowly under diminished lighting conditions; 2) Diminished lighting does not increase the gait variability of healthy older adults; and ... healthy older adults to walking in near darkness also parallels the effects of an attention demanding task on the gait of healthy young and older adults [35,36] When healthy young or older adults ... these findings and discuss their implications for understanding HLGD, the role of vision in gait, and the relationship between visual impairment and increased fall risk in older adults Perhaps...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... "home and neighbourhood", "psychological and emotional well-being", and "leisure, activities and religion") except "social relationships and participation" and "financial circumstances" (Table and ... the context of the culture and value system in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns [5] It is a multidimensional variable and its correlates may be ... status in older people [38] Recent studies have demonstrated that socioeconomic factors have a greater influence on physical disability at younger than older ages [39] and that among older adults...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... status than physical disability and among both older male and female individuals Leveille and colleagues [23] evaluated the presence of pain in women over 65 years of age and observed widespread musculoskeletal ... exercise and resistance exercise with a health education program in older adults with knee osteoarthritis The Fitness Arthritis and Seniors Trial (FAST) JAMA 1997, 277:25-31 Vuori I: Exercise and ... scale pain scores by age, gender and study group Significant increases in pain scores for female and male community scores by age, gender and study group controls and runners were found with increasing...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... the 12-week internet program, and at six and 12-month follow-up Participants and Setting Sample The target population for the trial are older adults, both male and female aged 45 to 75 years, ... health factors, physical and artistic activities, education and hobbies, social, financial, and family roles, work habits and stress, medications, pain and nutrition, and alcohol use Intervention ... Refer to Figure Randomisation Randomisation will be undertaken using a customised and fully automated randomisation facility built into the trial website Participants will be randomised to receive...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... regarding physical activity and HRQoL in older adults, partly because of the different study designs used and different ways of measuring physical activity and HRQoL In a randomized clinical trial ... Medicine position stand Exercise and physical activity for older adults Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009, 41:1510-1530 38 US Department of Health and Human Services Physical activity and health: a report ... contributions TBC, LLM, AG, FRA and PGC contributed to study concept and design, analysis and interpretation of data TBC, FRA and PGC drafted the manuscript FRA and PGC provided study supervision...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... factors associated with the development and progression of OA at multiple sites (hand, knee, hip, and spine) Subjects between the ages of 50 and 80 years where randomly selected from the electoral ... individual and examine the association between changes in WOMAC scores (pain, function, and stiffness) and continuous changes in BML size Standard diagnostic checks of model adequacy and unusual ... surface, going up and down stairs, at night while in bed, sitting or lying, and standing upright These ranged from to Subjects also completed a questionnaire on medication use at baseline and the first...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... problems in people aged 65 and older; 2) describe our sample of community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older, in terms of demographics, health history, medication use, and health habits; 3) conduct ... completed, and a score of indicated independence The reliability and validity of the BBS in assessing balance have been documented, both in nursing home and community-dwelling older adults[ 16], and ... Leg Standing Test and the Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale Study population and eligibility criteria Inclusion criteria Community-dwelling ambulatory volunteers aged 65 and older...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20