Geriatric Nutrition: The Health Professionals Handbook, Third Edition, offers you an authoritative reference to help you understand the role of nutrition in the maintenance of health, the management of chronic conditions, and the treatment of serious illness. The Third Edition of this best-selling text provides a comprehensive review of nutritional assessment, intervention programs for the elderly, and health promotion activities. Contributors are experts in the field and provide recent information and perspectives Addresses the relationship among physiologic aging, nutrition, and disease Examines the impact of aging on the organ system