part Section I: Nutritional Supplementation and Health -- chapter 1 Nutrition and Electrolytes in the Elderly -- chapter 2 Vitamin C in Health and Diseases of the Elderly -- chapter 3 Aging and Nutritional Needs -- chapter 4 Nutrition and Elderly Cancer Patients -- part Section II: Undernutrition: Role in Longevity -- chapter 5 Trace Element Requirements of the Elderly -- chapter 6 Early Undernutrition: Good or Bad for Longevity? -- chapter 7 Assessment of Nutritional Status in the Older Adult -- chapter 8 Bone Loss, Body Mass Index, and Fracture Histories in an Arizona Elderly Population -- chapter 9 Gender Differences in Nutritional Lifestyles in the Aged -- chapter 10 Undernutrition: A Factor of Accelerated Immune Aging in Healthy and Diseased Aged Persons -- part Section III: Mechanistic Studies of Nutrition and Health in the Elderly -- chapter 11 Nutrition in the Aged: Nursing Perspectives -- chapter 12 Overweight and Obesity in the Aged -- chapter 13 Immune Reactivity in the Elderly: Influence of Dietary Factors and Disease with Emphasis on Lipid Alterations -- chapter 14 Carbohydrate Metabolism and Aging -- chapter 15 Chemical Senses and Food Choices in Aging -- chapter 16 Changes in Protein Turnover as a Function of Age and Nutritional Status -- chapter 17 Multifarious Health Benefits of Exercise and Nutrition -- chapter 18 Effect of Aging on Intestinal Lipid Absorption -- part Section IV: Nutritional Therapies and Promotion of Health -- chapter 19 Nutritional and the Geriatric Surgery Patient -- chapter 20 Tube Feeding in the Nursing Home / chapter 21 Effective Nutrition Education Strategies to Reach Older Adults / chapter 22 Nutritional Modulation of Neurodegenerative Disorders / chapter 23 Antioxidants as Therapies of Diseases of Old Age