Food for added life years: Putting research into action (Food4Years)

延长寿命的食物：将研究付诸行动 (Food4Years)

• 批准号: BB/W018349/1
• 负责人: Lisa Methven
• 金额: $ 39.06万
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FW018349%2F1
• 关键词: Food; added; life; years; Putting

By 2050, it is predicted that one in four people in the UK will be aged 65 years or over. We have seen increases in lifespan over the last number of decades, however, this not necessarily complemented by increases in health. Improvements in medication and treatments mean that older people are spending longer living with their diseases causing them to spend their latter years living with poor health, disability, and frailty. With our population becoming older on average, this places increasing strain on health and social care services. Ensuring a healthy diet in older adults is one important strategy for supporting health, wellbeing, independence, and quality of life in older adults. One in ten people over the age of 65 are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in the UK. There are many barriers for older people to consume a nutrient dense diet. In recent years a large body of research has explored factors that can enhance the quality of the diet in older adults, however this knowledge has yet to translate into food products and policy changes. For example, there is a plethora of products on the market targeting infants, children and adolescents, and a consistent acknowledgement that their needs are different. Yet there remains a lack of products supporting healthy ageing, despite the food industry recognising the need to address the challenges of designing and marketing high-quality foods and meals for the older adult consumer. Much more needs to be done to increase the intake of specific foods, diets and nutrients by older adults, that can help them to improve the quality of life as they age. This can be achieved through a variety of methods which may include improving the nutritional information available to older adults, their carers and health care professional, development and marketing of food products that meet older adult's specific needs, behaviour change strategies such as "nudging" and changes in policy that promote the development of healthier diets for older adults. The overall aim of our project is to build a community of consumers, businesses, charities, clinicians, and academic researchers that are thoroughly committed to the development, integration and communication of healthy, affordable foods and diets for older adults. We will develop research, communication campaigns and policy guidance for foods, diets and environments specifically to promote quality of life and improved health in the ageing UK population.

据预测，到2050年，英国每四个人中就有一个人的年龄将达到或超过65岁。在过去的几十年里，我们看到了寿命的增加，然而，这并不一定与健康的增加相辅相成。药物和治疗方法的改进意味着老年人在疾病中生活的时间更长，导致他们在晚年生活中健康状况不佳，残疾和虚弱。随着我国人口平均年龄的增长，这对卫生和社会保健服务造成了越来越大的压力。确保老年人的健康饮食是支持老年人健康，幸福，独立和生活质量的重要策略。在英国，65岁以上的人中有十分之一营养不良或有营养不良的风险。对于老年人来说，摄入营养密集的饮食有许多障碍。近年来，大量研究探索了可以提高老年人饮食质量的因素，但这些知识尚未转化为食品和政策变化。例如，市场上有太多针对婴儿、儿童和青少年的产品，人们一致承认他们的需求是不同的。然而，仍然缺乏支持健康老龄化的产品，尽管食品行业认识到需要解决为老年消费者设计和营销高质量食品和膳食的挑战。需要做更多的工作来增加老年人对特定食物、饮食和营养素的摄入，这可以帮助他们随着年龄的增长提高生活质量。这可以通过各种方法来实现，其中可能包括改善老年人、他们的照顾者和保健专业人员的营养信息，开发和销售满足老年人具体需求的食品，改变行为战略，如“轻推”，以及改变政策，促进老年人健康饮食的发展。我们项目的总体目标是建立一个由消费者、企业、慈善机构、临床医生和学术研究人员组成的社区，致力于为老年人开发、整合和传播健康、负担得起的食品和饮食。我们将开展食品，饮食和环境方面的研究，宣传活动和政策指导，以提高英国老龄人口的生活质量和改善健康状况。

项目成果

The Food4Years Ageing Network: Improving foods and diets as a strategy for supporting quality of life, independence and healthspan in older adults.

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
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Nutrition bulletin
• 影响因子: 3.3
• 作者: Clegg ME