Not exact matches
A study for the Department of Agriculture, published in December,
found that in fiscal year 2014 nearly two - thirds of SNAP
participants nationwide were children (44 percent),
elderly (10 percent), or disabled non-
elderly adults (10 percent).
The high prevalence of OSA the study
found in these cognitively normal
elderly participants and the link between OSA and amyloid burden in these very early stages of AD pathology, the researchers believe, suggest the CPAP, dental appliances, positional therapy and other treatments for sleep apnea could delay cognitive impairment and dementia in many older adults.
In a 2004 study conducted on
elderly people in Australia, Japan, Sweden, and Greece, researchers
found that
participants had a 7 % to 8 % reduction in death for every 20 grams of legumes they consumed daily.
Beans have been
found to prevent sun - related damage and wrinkles, so says a study from the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, where of the 453
elderly participants, those who ate the most legumes and vegies had younger - looking skin.
In 2012, researchers in the British Journal of Nutrition
found that a whey protein dosage of 40g (0.5 g / kg of bodyweight) was necessary to maximally stimulate MPS in
elderly participants after resistance training.
The authors did
find a significant association between coffee consumption and hip fracture risk amongst subgroups of females,
elderly participants and North Americans.
In a recent cross-sectional study in free - living
elderly aged ≥ 75 y, Bollwein et al. (29)
found that although frail, prefrail, and nonfrail individuals did not differ in absolute or relative protein consumption (all
participants exceeded the RDA), nonfrail
participants displayed a more even protein distribution pattern across all daily meals, whereas frail and prefrail
participants skewed protein consumption toward the noon meal.
One 2009 study revealed that as many as 50 % of
elderly individuals with dementia were a victim of some kind of abuse, and a 2010 study
found that 47 % of
participants with dementia had been mistreated by their caregivers (NCEA).
Since there are indications that
elderly people experience less negative affect (Carstensen, Fung, & Charles, 2003; Charles, Reynolds, & Gatz, 2001), we expect that studies with younger
participants will
find more fluctuations in negative affect.