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Nutrition Considerations for the Growing Population of Older Adults With Diabetes

Author(s) -

Kathleen Stanley

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

diabetes spectrum

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1944-7353

pISSN - 1040-9165

DOI - 10.2337/diaspect.27.1.29

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , gerontology , diabetes management , population , incidence (geometry) , medical nutrition therapy , health care , medline , type 2 diabetes , intensive care medicine , environmental health , physics , economic growth , law , political science , optics , economics , endocrinology

The growing older adult population and its higher incidence of diabetes are creating demands on health care providers to address the special needs of these patients. Because nutrition is essential to the proper treatment and self-management of diabetes, clinicians must develop and adopt various strategies to address some of the common nutritional, lifestyle, and self-management barriers that older adults face. Nutrition assessments of older adults with diabetes should be comprehensive, with attention to each patient's unique nutritional needs. Constructing a realistic nutrition care plan is essential for success. This article addresses some of the key nutrition-related aspects of diabetes self-care in older adults with diabetes.

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