Food for the Aging Population

Dr Monique Raats is Co-Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre at the University of Surrey, UK. Professor in Nutrition and Ageing, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

• Part I: Understanding Older People as Consumers of Food and Beverages1. Older People, Food, and Satisfaction With Life2. Control of Food Intake in Aging3. Sensory Perception of Food and Aging4. Social Significance of Older People’s Meals—Balancing Adaptive Strategies Between Ideals and Structure5. Gender and Food in Later Life: Shifting Roles and Relationships6. Older People’s Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages: Social Significance and Health7. Economic Determinants of Diet in Older AdultsPart II: Extending Functionality Into Later Life8. Aging and Changes in Body Composition9. Interaction Between Diet and Physical Activity in Older People10. Drug-Nutrition Interactions in Older People11. Dietary Patterns and Healthy AgingPart III: Developing Food Products and Services for Older People12. Public Policy and Older People’s Diets13. The Aging Marketplace: Implications for Food Marketers14. Interventions to Support Healthy Eating in Later Life15. Food Safety and Older People16. Designing New and Functional Foods for the Aging17. Food Packaging and Older Adults

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