Assessing the effect of physical activity and dietary pattern on nutritional status of geriatric people

Abstract

Geriatrics is the age of human life after 65 years and above and during this age of human life there are many physical and psychological changes happening in the human body. During this age proper care should be taken as it would help to delay the occurrence of the disease and also prevent them. This review article tells about the effects of physical activity, role of Calcium, Vitamin-A and Protein in maintaining the nutritional status during old age and some of the psychosocial problems faced by elderly as they age. The nutritional assessing tool most commonly used is the Mini-nutritional assessment guideline which tells about the whole nutritional status of elderly and is the most precise tool to be used for the assessment in geriatrics. Hence if these different cause are studied prior during early geriatric age then it would help to prevent and overcome the disease condition.