Active agers and nutrition

Active agers, those who used to be called senior citizens, have different nutritional needs.

Main point: “Although the nutritional needs of a growing body disappear with age, the challenge in the older years is to maintain the aging body, preserve its function, and avoid disease.”

Things to consider:

• The article lists “8 Simple Guidelines for Healthy Eating in the Later Years".”
• The article also describes “Physical Changes of Aging That Affect Nutritional Habits with Suggestions for Change.”

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Sleep and health

This article about sleep and health made some good points.

Main point: “Deficient shuteye — meaning not enough or low-quality sleep — has been linked to poorer dietary choices, increased risk of chronic diseases, decreased lifespan and reduced psychological well-being, suggesting that sleep should be higher up on everyone’s to-do list.”

Things to consider:

• “A lack of sleep may result in making poor food choices.”
• “Increases in chronic disease and deficient sleep have many scientists wondering how, or if, the two are related.”
• “Growing research shows that children with deficient sleep are at higher risk of obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and mental health and behavioral problems.”