The principles of a healthy diet, namely to provide sufficient energy and nutrients to prevent deficiency while also helping to optimize health and reduce the risks of disease, are no different in older age than they are at any other time of life but there are particular challenges in achieving them for some older people. What to eat? Some older people rely on reheated frozen meals and other convenience foods. A balanced diet, ideally freshly prepared, with fruit and vegetables as well as food containing starch and protein is necessary for healthy eating.
Frozen and canned foods generally preserve the nutritional value of foods very well. Keeping Healthy-healthy weight Overweight: Though modest reductions in weight are achievable in older obese people, more consistently in trials. No good quality studies of older people that have compared diet and exercise regimes found in the review…
