Food selection in the aged.

Old people's eating habits are often idiosyncratic and unhealthy; their feeding can reflect such brain disease are dementia, depression, paranoia; poor nutrition can contribute to degenerative brain disease. The modification of nutritional requirements of the aged by genetic factors is discussed.

Keywords

Paranoid Disorders, Brain Diseases, Depression, Nutritional Requirements, Feeding Behavior, Nutrition Disorders, Food Preferences, Humans, Dementia, Aged

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