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Journal of Nutrition and Human Health | Volume 3
November 21-22, 2019 | Singapore
Clinical Nutrition and Fitness
17
th
International Conference on
J Nutr Hum Health, Volume 3
N
utritional requirements do not change appreciably with
age among adults. However, with increasing age total
caloric intake is gradually reduced, but among normal people
living in the community dietary deficiencies are seldom found.
The reduction in food intake and the tendency of old people
to eat the same diet day after day makes them potentially
vulnerable to possible deficiencies in specific vitamins,
minerals, and protein. Good nutrition plays a significant role
in determining the health and well-being of older people and
in delaying or reducing the risk of diseases such as stroke,
heart disease, diabetes etc. Eating less fruits and vegetables
is responsible for close to three million deaths worldwide
every year. In addition, dietary fat seems to be associatedwith
various cancers and nutritionally unbalanced diets, which are
often associated with diabetes, can play a significant role in
increasing the risks of developing coronary heart disease. The
deficiencies leading to cardiovascular risk which is because of
clogging of arteries also relates to Alzheimer’s .Alzheimer’s
involves a slower, more subtle decline over months or years.
Instead of cholesterol-filled plaques in arteries, plaques made
of a substance called amyloid develop in the brain tissue itself,
associatedwith the loss ofmemory and, eventually, loss of life.
Speaker Biography
Nisha Vikraman has completed her PhD in 2007 from Kerala University,
India, on the topic “A study on the effect of maternal anaemia on
outcome of pregnancy in Thiruvananthapuram district”. She is an Assistant
professor and recognized Research guide in Department of Home Science
and Center for Research at St. Teresa’s College Ernakulum, India. She is
presently guiding two research scholars. She has received Commonwealth
Scholarship for MSc. Dementia Studies from University of Stirling. She has
done projects on “Sensitizing Consumer on food Adulterants - a sustainable
health perspective” for UGC Major project and also done minor projects in
“ Evaluation of post reproductive stress in women, reflecting on nutritional
causes, consequences and remedial strategies “. She has done publications
in journal and also involved as speaker in community based nutrition
programmes and actively involved in developing extension programmes
for the community. Her areas of interest are research in the field of
nutrition and ageing.
e:
nishavn2012@gmail.comNisha Vikraman
St Teresa’s College, India
Role of diet in prevention of diseases