Save the Date – DHCC Webinar
Energizing the Elderly - The Importance of Nitrogen Balance
Download coming June 1st.
Sponsored: In part by Medical Nutrition USA, Inc. – http://www.pro-stat.com/
Description: Loss of skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) has many causes. New data points to the fact that aging increases the need for dietary protein and many elderly people consume a marginal or inadequate amount of protein, resulting in an accelerated rate of sarcopenia. Treatment and prevention of sarcopenia must incorporate dietary strategies to increase the consumption of high quality, lower fat protein along. When combined with exercise and decreased dietary fat, the use of a protein supplement may stimulate muscle protein synthesis and safely decrease body fatness in elderly people and reduce the risk of loss of independence.
Speaker: William J. Evans, Ph.D., FACSM, FACN
Director, Nutrition, Metabolism, and Exercise Laboratory; Professor of Geriatrics, Physiology, and Nutrition; Donald Reynolds Department of Geriatric at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. Little Rock, Arkansas
William J. Evans, Ph.D. is the director of the Nutrition, Metabolism, and Exercise Laboratory in the Donald Reynolds Department of Geriatric at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a research scientist in the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. He is a Professor of Geriatrics, Physiology, and Nutrition. From 1993 to 1997 he was the director of the Noll Physiological Research Center at the Pennsylvania State University and from 1982 to 1993 he served as the Chief of the Human Physiology Laboratory at the U.S.D.A. Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, The American College of Nutrition, and an honorary member of the American Dietetic Association.
Objectives:
- Determine the appropriate dietary intervention to improve nitrogen balance in the elderly.
- Discuss new scientific research identifying how a nutritional intervention can improve nitrogen balance, retention of lean body mass and increase muscle strength.
- Evaluate an elderly patient who has been losing weight and muscle mass and provide evidence-based dietary recommendations.
- Develop a safe and effective strategy to decrease body fatness while preserving lean body mass in older people.
CPEUs: 2 hours, Level II
Cost: $40
