NUTR 8020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Baby Boomers, Healthy Diet, Health Promotion

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Within natural limits set by heredity, lifestyle habits can slow the process. Most important goal of older adult health promotion and disease prevention is to maintain health and functional independence. Health profile substantially determined by behavioral risk factors. Average age at death has changed dramatically. Child born in 2013 can expect to live 78. 8 years, about 30 years longer than a child born in 1900. Older adults (>65 years) in the united states. Will double in number by 2040 to more than 82. 3 million people. Tend to consume a large amount of total health care and long-term care resources. In 2014, 42 million americans (1 in 7) were age 65 or older. By 2030, this number is projected to increase to 72 million (or 1 in 5). Compared to 16 other developed countries, the united states ranks last in terms of the health status of its population. Born between 1946 and 1964 -- almost 1/3 of u. s. population.

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