Malnutrition, which is understood as a defect, and excess or imbalance in energy/nutrient intake, have a high prevalence in the elderly and lead to age-associated diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes or some types of cancer. Additionally, malnutrition also correlates with functional decline in the physical and mental dimensions. In fact, senile sarcopenia, depression, and the geriatric syndrome of frailty have their roots in malnutrition.
Considering that the median age of our society is expected to increase in the next decades, research to understand malnutrition in the elderly, its causes, prevention, and treatment is a priority. In this sense, it is important to go deeper into the molecular mechanisms involved. The study of which nutritional supplements can be useful to delay or avoid certain characteristics of aging such as the increased oxidative damage or the energy collapse, is also an important matter of research.
This Research Topic aims to collect the most recent research on nutritional interventions that have an impact on the health of older adults, with special emphasis on their associated molecular mechanisms. Areas to be covered in this collection may include, but are not limited to:
• Nutritional supplements to delay/treat age-associated characteristics or diseases
• Impact of different dietary patterns on aging
• Development of models of malnutrition
• Omics applied to the elderly’s nutritional status
• Changes in metabolism and signaling pathways
• Strategies to avoid malnutrition in the elderly
Keywords:
Malnutrition, age-associated energy collapse, frailty, sarcopenia senile, nutritional supplementation
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Malnutrition, which is understood as a defect, and excess or imbalance in energy/nutrient intake, have a high prevalence in the elderly and lead to age-associated diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes or some types of cancer. Additionally, malnutrition also correlates with functional decline in the physical and mental dimensions. In fact, senile sarcopenia, depression, and the geriatric syndrome of frailty have their roots in malnutrition.
Considering that the median age of our society is expected to increase in the next decades, research to understand malnutrition in the elderly, its causes, prevention, and treatment is a priority. In this sense, it is important to go deeper into the molecular mechanisms involved. The study of which nutritional supplements can be useful to delay or avoid certain characteristics of aging such as the increased oxidative damage or the energy collapse, is also an important matter of research.
This Research Topic aims to collect the most recent research on nutritional interventions that have an impact on the health of older adults, with special emphasis on their associated molecular mechanisms. Areas to be covered in this collection may include, but are not limited to:
• Nutritional supplements to delay/treat age-associated characteristics or diseases
• Impact of different dietary patterns on aging
• Development of models of malnutrition
• Omics applied to the elderly’s nutritional status
• Changes in metabolism and signaling pathways
• Strategies to avoid malnutrition in the elderly
Keywords:
Malnutrition, age-associated energy collapse, frailty, sarcopenia senile, nutritional supplementation
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.