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Nutritional Considerations for Healthy Aging and Reduction in Age-Related Chronic Disease
Shlisky J, Bloom DE, Beaudreault AR, Tucker KL, Keller HH, Freund-Levi Y, Fielding RA, Cheng FW et al.. Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 2017-01-17
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
A projected doubling in the global population of people aged ≥60 y by the year 2050 has major health and economic implications, especially in developing regions. Burdens of unhealthy aging associated with chronic noncommunicable and other age-related diseases may be largely preventable with lifestyle modification, including diet. However, as adults age they become at risk of "nutritional frailty," which can compromise their ability to meet nutritional requirements at a time when specific nutrient needs may be high. This review highlights the role of nutrition science in promoting healthy aging and in improving the prognosis in cases of age-related diseases. It serves to identify key knowledge gaps and implementation challenges to support adequate nutrition for healthy aging, including applicability of metrics used in body-composition and diet adequacy for older adults and mechanisms to reduce nutritional frailty and to promote diet resilience. This review also discusses management recommendations for several leading chronic conditions common in aging populations, including cognitive decline and dementia, sarcopenia, and compromised immunity to infectious disease. The role of health systems in incorporating nutrition care routinely for those aged ≥60 y and living independently and current actions to address nutritional status before hospitalization and the development of disease are discussed.
Key findings
- Burdens of unhealthy aging associated with chronic noncommunicable and other age-related diseases may be largely preventable with lifestyle modification, including diet.
Why it matters
This review states that burdens of unhealthy aging, including age-related diseases, may be largely preventable with lifestyle modification such as diet. It highlights nutritional frailty in older adults and discusses nutrition care for conditions including cognitive decline and dementia.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 52/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Advances in Nutrition: journal h-index 187 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2017 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 6 / 7 | Cited 459 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 4 / 5 | 41.7 citations a year over 11 year(s) since 2017 |
| Impact for its field and year | 5 / 6 | Cited 20.3× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 1 / 6 | Cited by 2 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 3 / 4 | Cited 147 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 3 / 4 | Last-listed author Simin Nikbin Meydani: h-index 79 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 3 / 3 | Harvard University: institution h-index 3,235 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 3 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 12 institution(s) in 3 countries |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 28096124) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 52 / 100 | — |
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- DOI: 10.3945/an.116.013474
- PubMed: 28096124
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APA 7th
Shlisky, J., Bloom, D. E., Beaudreault, A. R., Tucker, K. L., Keller, H. H., Freund-Levi, Y., et al. (2017). Nutritional Considerations for Healthy Aging and Reduction in Age-Related Chronic Disease. Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.). https://doi.org/10.3945/an.116.013474
Vancouver
Shlisky J, Bloom DE, Beaudreault AR, Tucker KL, Keller HH, Freund-Levi Y, et al. Nutritional Considerations for Healthy Aging and Reduction in Age-Related Chronic Disease. Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.). 2017. doi:10.3945/an.116.013474. PMID: 28096124.
BibTeX
@article{shlisky2017-28096124,
author = {Shlisky, J. and Bloom, D. E. and Beaudreault, A. R. and Tucker, K. L. and Keller, H. H. and Freund-Levi, Y. and Fielding, R. A. and Cheng, F. W. and others},
title = {{Nutritional Considerations for Healthy Aging and Reduction in Age-Related Chronic Disease}},
journal = {Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.3945/an.116.013474},
pmid = {28096124},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3945/an.116.013474}
}
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