Sponsored Satellite Program: Aging Well for the Body & Mind: Role of Micronutrients in Older Adults
Sponsored By: Haleon
This Sponsored Satellite Program was originally presented as part of NUTRITION 2022.
Adequate nutrient intake is necessary for optimal physiological functioning and suboptimal intakes can have systemic effects on overall health and wellbeing, including cognitive function. Specifically, older adults are at greater risk for micronutrient deficiencies. While encouraging higher micronutrient intake through diet to optimize nutritional status is emphasized, oftentimes older adults still fall short of meeting recommended intakes.
This presentation will describe the physiological changes that occur with aging, the impact nutrition has from a cellular aging perspective, current evidence on benefits of supplementing vitamins/minerals among older adults, including new research from the Linus Pauling Institute, and how that supplementation can impact a major area of concern among older adults: cognition (new research from Wake Forest University).
Learning Objectives
- Describe the role nutrition plays in aging and the effects suboptimal nutrient intake can have on overall health for the older adult
- Evaluate the current evidence supporting micronutrient supplementation for healthy aging, including cognitive aging
- Construct nutrition interventions for older adults relative to their micronutrient needs
This Sponsored Satellite Program includes the following presentations:
- Welcome and Introductions
- Micronutrients and Cellular Aging
- Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation and Cognitive Aging: New News from the COSMOS-Mind Study
- Panel Discussion
Chair: Joshua W. Miller, PhD – Professor & Chair of Nutritional Sciences, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
Speaker: Emily Ho, PhD – Endowed Director & Professor, Linus Pauling Institute and College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University
Speaker: Laura D. Baker, PhD – Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Available Credit
- 1.50 Attendance
Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.