Geriatric Nutrition: Clinical Guidance for Nutritional Needs and Interventions

Geriatric nutrition reveals how ageing reshapes metabolism, body composition, and nutrient needs. It underscores vulnerabilities like sarcopenia, frailty, and taste changes while presenting practical tools to assess malnutrition and dysphagia and strategies for managing chronic conditions in diverse care settings. Geriatric nutrition addresses how ageing alters metabolism, body composition, and nutrient requirements across the later life course. This book opens with physiology of ageing and nutritional vulnerabilities—sarcopenia, frailty, and changes in appetite and taste. It then presents practical assessment tools for malnutrition and dysphagia, plus evidence-based dietary strategies to maintain function and prevent decline. Chapters discuss nutritional management in chronic disease, medication-nutrient interactions, and tailoring interventions across care settings from community to long-term care. Implementation guidance includes menu planning, oral supplementation, and monitoring outcomes. Aimed at dietitians, geriatricians, and multidisciplinary care teams, it combines clinical evidence with pragmatic care plans.