The Food4Years Ageing Network: Improving foods and diets as a strategy for supporting quality of life, independence and healthspan in older adults.
The Food4Years Ageing Network: Improving foods and diets as a strategy for supporting quality of life, independence and healthspan in older adults.
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Food4Years Aging Network：改善食品和饮食，作为支持老年人生活质量、独立性和健康寿命的策略。
DOI：
10.1111/nbu.12599
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Clegg ME
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作者：
Clegg ME
据预测，到2050年，英国每四个人中就有一个人的年龄在65 及以上。寿命的延长并不总是转化为健康的岁月。慢性病的发病率正在上升，治疗方法使人们能够活得更长。有很好的证据支持改变生活方式，以维持或改善老年人的身体成分、认知健康、肌肉骨骼健康、免疫功能和血管健康。在这一领域已经进行了大量研究，这为有助于改善健康寿命的食物和营养素提供了重要支持。然而，仍然存在两大障碍：首先，老年消费者没有达到英国目前关于可能有益于健康和生活质量的宏微营养素的建议，其次，针对英国的建议可能不足以支持老龄化人口，特别是具有关键生理作用的营养素。需要开展更多工作，通过各种机制改善老年人对特定食品、饮食和营养素的摄入量，这些机制包括：(1)开发特定食品产品；(2)提高信息的清晰度；(3)适当的市场营销和政策改革，以提供激励措施。Food4Years老龄网络旨在建立一个广泛的、多学科的社区，致力于为英国各地的所有老年人开发、整合和交流健康、负担得起的食品和特定饮食。该网络将确定以证据为基础的策略，以改善老年人的食物摄入量和营养，为“活得更好，活得更长”铺平道路。
By 2050, it is predicted that one in four people in the United Kingdom will be aged 65 years and over. Increases in lifespan are not always translated into years spent in good health. Incidence rates for chronic diseases are increasing, with treatments allowing people to live longer with their disease. There is good evidence to support changes to lifestyle to maintain or improve body composition, cognitive health, musculoskeletal health, immune function and vascular health in older adults. Much research has been done in this area, which has produced significant support for foods and nutrients that contribute to improved healthspan. Yet two major barriers remain: firstly, older adult consumers are not meeting current UK recommendations for macro‐ and micronutrients that could benefit health and quality of life and secondly, the UK‐specific recommendations may not be sufficient to support the ageing population, particularly for nutrients with key physiological roles. More work is needed to improve intakes of specific foods, diets and nutrients by older adults, through a variety of mechanisms including (i) development of specific food products; (ii) improved clarity of information and (iii) appropriate marketing, and policy changes to enable incentives. The Food4Years Ageing Network aims to build a wide‐reaching and multidisciplinary community that is committed to the development, integration and communication of healthy, affordable foods and specific diets for all older adults across the UK food landscape. The Network will identify evidence‐based strategies for improving food intake and nutrition in older adults, paving the way to “living well while living longer.”