Nutrition Initiatives in the Context of Population Aging: Where Does the United States Stand?

REFERENCES

• Martin LG , Freedman VA , Schoeni RF , Andreski PM . Health and functioning among baby boomers approaching 60 . J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci . 2009 ; 64 ( 3 ): 369 – 77 .
   Google Scholar
• Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being. Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics . Washington , DC : U.S. Government Printing Office ; 2010, July .
   Google Scholar
• Dychtwald K . “Age power”: how the new-old will transform medicine in the 21st century. Interview by Alice V. Luddington. Geriatr . 1999 ; 54 ( 12 ): 22 – 7 ; quiz 8.
   Google Scholar
• Anderson WL , Armour BS , Finkelstein EA , Wiener JM . Estimates of state-level health-care expenditures associated with disability . Public Health Rep . 2010 ; 125 ( 1 ): 44 – 51 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Runge CF . Economic consequences of the obese . Diabetes . 2007 ; 56 ( 11 ): 2668 – 72 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Daviglus ML , Liu K , Yan LL , Pirzada A , Manheim L , et al. . Relation of body mass index in young adulthood and middle age to Medicare expenditures in older age . JAMA . 2004 ; 292 ( 22 ): 2743 – 9 .
   Google Scholar
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A, American Medical Association . Promoting Preventive Services for Adults 50–64: Community and Clinical Partnerships . Atlanta : Author ; 2009 .
   Google Scholar
• World Bank. World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank Group ; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• Giannakouris K . Population and social conditions . In: Eurostat , ed. Eurostat, EUROPA2008 Convergence Scenario . Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union ; 2008 : 1 – 12 .
   Google Scholar
• Ackermann RT , Cheadle A , Sandhu N , Madsen L , Wagner EH , LoGerfo JP . Community exercise program use and changes in healthcare costs for older adults. Am J Prev Med . 2003; 25(3):232–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• The Healthy Aging Project. Healthy Aging—A Challenge for Europe . In: TSNIoP, ed. Health. Stockholm: Swedish National Institute of Public Health; 2006 : 1 – 228 .
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organization . Active Ageing: A Policy Framework . Geneva : Author ; 2002 .
   Google Scholar
• National Center for Health Statistics . Health, United States, 2010: With Special Feature on Death and Dying . Hyattsville , MD : Author ; 2011 .
   Google Scholar
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Mortality from Heart Disease and Stroke . Paris: OECD Publishing ; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• National Heart L and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD. Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel. Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) . Bethesda : NIH ; 2001 .
   Google Scholar
• Wannamethee SG , Ebrahim S , Papacosta O , Shaper AG . From a postal questionnaire of older men, healthy lifestyle factors reduced the onset of and may have increased recovery from mobility limitation . J Clin Epidemiol . 2005 ; 58 ( 8 ): 831 – 40 .
   Google Scholar
• Rasch EK , Hochberg MC , Magder L , Magaziner J , Altman BM . Health of community-dwelling adults with mobility limitations in the United States: prevalent health conditions . Part I. Arch Phys Med Rehabil . 2008 ; 89 ( 2 ): 210 – 8 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Verbrugge LM , Jette AM . The disablement process . Soc Sci Med . 1994 ; 38 ( 1 ): 1 – 14 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Houston D , Nicklas B , Zizza C . Weighty concerns: The growing prevalence of obesity among older adults . J Am Diet Assoc . 2009 ; 109 ( 11 ): 1886 – 95 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sturm R , Ringel JS , Andreyeva T . Increasing obesity rates and disability trends . Health Aff (Millwood) . 2004 ; 23 ( 2 ): 199 – 205 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Santanasto AJ , Glynn NW , Newman MA , Taylor CA , Brooks MM , et al. . Impact of weight loss on physical function with changes in strength, muscle mass, and muscle fat infiltration in overweight to moderately obese older adults: A randomized clinical trial . J Obes . 2011 ; 1 – 10 .
   Google Scholar
• Lafortune GBG . Trends in severe disability among elderly people: assessing the evidence in 12 OECD countries and the future implications. OECD health working paper. Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2007 .
   Google Scholar
• Kamp B , Wellman N , Russell C , Assoc AD , Nutr AS , Educ SN . Position of the American Dietetic Association, American Society for Nutrition, and Society for Nutrition Education: food and nutrition programs for community-residing older adults . J Am Diet Assoc . 2010 : 463 – 72 .
   Google Scholar
• Millen B , Ohls J , Ponza M , McCool A . The Elderly Nutrition Program: an effective national framework for preventive nutrition interventions . J Am Diet Assoc . 2002 : 234 – 40 .
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services . Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. , 7th ed. Washington , DC : U.S. Government Printing Office ; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• Administration on Aging. Nutrition services. n.d. Accessed at http://www.aoa.gov/aoaroot/aoa_programs/hcltc/nutrition_services/index.aspx .
   Google Scholar
• Johnson DBB , Smith S , Lynne T Beresford , Shirley AA , Gerfo L , James P . Increasing fruit and vegetable intake in homebound elders: the Seattle Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Pilot Program. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2004; 1(1):1–9.
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food Distribution: About the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. Alexandria, VA: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services; n.d.
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Department of Agriculture. Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Fact Sheet. Alexandria, VA: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• Wellman N . Thirty years of the older Americans nutrition program . J Am Diet Assoc . 2002 ; 102 : 348 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Quigley K , Hermann J , Warde W . Nutritional risk among Oklahoma congregate meal participants . J Nutri Edu Behav . 2008 : 89 – 93 .
   Google Scholar
• Office UGA . Food Assistance: Options for Improving Nutrition for Older Americans . Washington , DC : Author ; 2000 .
   Google Scholar
• Choi NG , Smith J . Reaching out to racial/ethnic minority older persons for elderly nutrition programs . J Nutr Elder . 2004 ; 24 ( 1 ): 89 – 104 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Yeatts DE , Crow T , Folts E . Service use among low-income minority elderly: strategies for overcoming barriers . Gerontologist . 1992 ; 32 ( 1 ): 24 – 32 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arcury TA , Quandt SA , Bell RA , McDonald J , Vitolins MZ . Barriers to nutritional well-being for rural elders: community experts’ perceptions . Gerontologist . 1998 ; 38 ( 4 ): 490 – 8 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hercberg S , Chat-Yung S , Chaulia M . The French National Nutrition and Health Program: 2001–2006–2010 . Int J Public Health . 2008 ; 53 ( 2 ): 68 – 77 .
   Google Scholar
• Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety. 2010. Accessed at http://lebensmittel.lebensministerium.at/article/articleview/44955/1/8389 .
   Google Scholar
• Hungary National Institute for Health Development. About Us. Budapest: Hungarian Ministry of Health; 2007 .
   Google Scholar
• Gębska- Kuczerowska A , Nowakowska H . Healthy Ageing in Europe. Lessons learnt and ways forward: POLAND. Stockholm: National Institute of Public Health–National Institute of Hygiene; 2009 .
   Google Scholar
• Government of Denmark. Healthy Throughout Life: The Targets and Strategies for Public Health Policy of the Government of Denmark, 2002–2010. Copenhagen: Schultz Grafisk; 2002 .
   Google Scholar
• Denmark Ministry of Health and Prevention. Health Care in Denmark. Copenhagen: Schultz Grafisk; 2008 .
   Google Scholar
• Estonia Ministry of Social Affairs. National health plan 2009–2020. Tallinn: Estonia Ministry of Social Affairs; 2008 .
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania. Public Health. Vilnius: Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• Elmadfa I . The European Nutrition and Health Report 2009 . Forum of Nutrition, Vol 62. Karger: Basel; 2009.
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health . National Framework for High-Quality Servides for Older People . Helsinki : Author ; 2008 .
   Google Scholar
• Department of Health: Social Care. Response to the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board End of Year Report . Leeds : Author ; 2010:1–15.
   Google Scholar
• European Commission . Evaluation of the European Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health . Brussels : Author ; 2010 : 1 – 144 .
   Google Scholar
• European Commission. Green Paper “Promoting healthy diets and physical activity: a European demension for the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases.” Brussels : Author ; 2006 .
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organization. Keep fit for life: meeting the nutritional needs of older persons . Geneva : Author ; 2002 .
   Google Scholar
• United Nations Programme on Ageing. Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing; 2002 .
   Google Scholar
• United Nations . Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8–12 April 2002 . New York : Author ; 2002 .
   Google Scholar
• United Nations . Resolution adopted by the General Assembly—follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing . New York : Author ; 2007 .
   Google Scholar
• Nguyen HQ , Ackermann RT , Maciejewski M , Berke E , Patrick M , et al. Managed-Medicare health club benefit and reduced health care costs among older adults . Prev Chronic Dis . 2008 ; 5 ( 1 ): A14 .
   Google Scholar
• Cheng C , Graziani C , Diamond JJ . Cholesterol-lowering effect of the Food for Heart Nutrition Education Program . J Am Diet Assoc . 2004 ; 104 ( 12 ): 1868 – 72 .
   Google Scholar
• Petersen L , Christensen K , Kragstrup J . Lipid-lowering treatment to the end? A review of observational studies and RCTs on cholesterol and mortality in 80+-year olds . Age Ageing . 2010 : 674 – 80 .
   Google Scholar
• Kushner RF . Barriers to providing nutrition counseling by physicians: a survey of primary care practitioners . Prev Med . 1995 ; 24 ( 6 ): 546 – 52 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services OotSG . The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation . Rockville , MD : Author ; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• Balasubramanian H , Banerjee R , Denton B , Naessens J , Stahl J . Improving clinical access and continuity through physician panel redesign . J Gen Intern Med . 2010 ; 25 ( 10 ): 1109 – 15 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kottke TE , Solberg LI , Brekke ML , Cabrera A , Marquez MA . Delivery rates for preventive services in 44 midwestern clinics . Mayo Clin Proc . 1997 ; 72 ( 6 ): 515 – 23 .
   Google Scholar
• McGlynn EA , Asch SM , Adams J , Keesey J , Hicks J , et al. . The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States . N Engl J Med . 2003 ; 348 ( 26 ): 2635 – 45 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cabana MD , Rand CS , Powe NR , Wu AW , Wilson MH , et al. Why don't physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? A framework for improvement . JAMA . 1999 ; 282 ( 15 ): 1458 – 65 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blumenthal D , Causino N , Chang Y , Culpepper L , Marder W , et al. . The duration of ambulatory visits to physicians . J Family Practice . 1999 : 264 – 71 .
   Google Scholar
• Adams KM , Kohlmeier M , Zeisel SH . Nutrition education in U.S. medical schools: latest update of a national survey . Acad Med. 2010 ; 85 ( 9 ): 1537 – 42 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Adams KM , Lindell KC , Kohlmeier M , Zeisel SH . Status of nutrition education in medical schools . Am J Clin Nutr . 2006 ; 83 ( 4 ): 941S – 4S .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Keller H , Goy R , Kane S . Validity and reliability of SCREEN II (Seniors in the Community: risk evaluation for eating and nutrition, Version II) . Eur J Clin Nutr . 2005 ; 59 ( 10 ): 1149 – 57 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kruizenga H , Seidell J , de Vet H , Wierdsma N , van Bokhorst-de van der Schueren M . Development and validation of a hospital screening tool for malnutrition: the short nutritional assessment questionnaire (SNAQ(c)). Clin Nutr . 2005; 24(1):75–82.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rubenstein L , Harker J , Salva A , Guigoz Y , Vellas B . Screening for undernutrition in geriatric practice: developing the Short-Form Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) . Journals of Gerontology Series a—Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences . 2001 ; 56 ( 6 ): M366 – M72 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kolasa KM , Rickett K . Barriers to providing nutrition counseling cited by physicians: a survey of primary care practitioners . Nutr Clin Pract . 2010 ; 25 ( 5 ): 502 – 9 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Department of Health and Human Services CfMaMS. Quick Reference Information: Medicare Preventive Services. Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• Committee on Nutrition Services for Medicare Beneficiaries FaNB, Institute of Medicine, . The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation's Elderly . Washington , DC : Author ; 2000 .
   Google Scholar
• Wellman NS , Weddle DO , Kranz S , Brain CT . Elder insecurities: poverty, hunger, and malnutrition . J Am Diet Assoc . 1997 ; 97 ( 10 Suppl 2 ): S120 – 2 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Trice L . PACE: a model for providing comprehensive healthcare for frail elders . Generations–J Am Soc Aging . 2006 : 90 – 2 .
   Google Scholar
• Democratic Policy Committee. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Detailed Summary. Washington, DC: United States Senate Democrats; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• Republican Policy Committee. Administration's Chief Health Actuary: reform = higher costs, less access, unsustainable spending. Washington, DC: United States Senate Republican Policy Committee; 2010 .
   Google Scholar
• Adams K , Kohlmeier M , Powell M , Zeisel S . Nutrition in medicine: nutrition education for medical students and residents . Nutr Clin Pract . 2010 ; 25 ( 5 ): 471 – 80 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lindell K , Adams K , Kohlmeier M , Zeisel S . The evolution of Nutrition in Medicine, a computer-assisted nutrition curriculum . Am J ClinNutr . 2006 ; 83 ( 4 ): 956S – 62S .
   Google Scholar
• Kren K , Michael P , Johnson E , Thiessen C , Busey J . Referral systems in ambulatory care—providing access to the nutrition care process . J Am Diet Assoc . 2008 ; 108 ( 8 ): 1375 – 9 .
   Google Scholar
• Barnes P , Ward B , Freeman G , Schiller J . Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the January–September 2010 National Health Interview Survey. National Center for Health Statistics. Hyattsville, MD: Division of Health Interview Statistics; 2011 .
   Google Scholar