Guard the sunset red, nutrition intervention to help healthy aging

Reporter Jiang Mei

A few days ago, the China Chronic Disease Management Conference was held

Comprehensively promote the improvement of nutrition in the elderly

China's population aged 60 and above is about 260 million, accounting for 18.

The report shows that in addition to the intake of grains, grains, potatoes, cooking oils and cooking salt in urban areas, the intake of vegetables, fruits, livestock and poultry meat, eggs, fish and shrimp, milk, soybeans and products is higher than that of rural areas

Yu Dongmei believes that the energy intake of the elderly is sufficient, the intake of vegetables, fruits, milk, and beans needs to be improved, and the dietary structure needs to be optimized; The problem of micronutrient deficiencies persists in the elderly; The problem of low-weight nutritional insufficiency among the elderly has continued to improve, and the gap between urban and rural areas has gradually narrowed; Significant improvement in the anemia situation of the elderly in urban and rural areas; The urban-rural disparities between overweight and obesity in the elderly deserve attention; The obesity rate in urban and rural areas has increased, urban and rural areas are higher than rural areas, urban and rural areas are women are higher than men, and the obesity rate of rural elderly people has increased significantly; The urban-rural and gender differences of dyslipidemia in the elderly need to be paid attention

Yu Dongmei suggested that government leadership and departmental coordination should be strengthened to promote the improvement of nutrition for the elderly in an all-round way; Strengthen the monitoring of nutrition and health of the elderly, and attach importance to the research and application of nutrition assessment methods for the elderly; Strengthen the publicity and education of dietary guidelines for Chinese residents (2022) and dietary guidelines for the elderly; The whole society mobilizes, balances diets, scientifically prevents and treats nutrition-related chronic diseases, and promotes healthy aging

Lifestyle interventions occupy an important position in health management

Population ageing brings public health problems

According to statistics, there are about 15.

More and more countries are introducing health management policies and intervention strategies according to their national characteristics

The biggest feature of health management services in the United States is that insurance companies cooperate with medical institutions, and insurance institutions directly participate in the management of medical institutions

The Finnish Cardiovascular Disease Management North Carolina project has been hailed as a successful example of

General practitioners in the UNITED Kingdom carry out health management, integrating health management institutions and social care institutions to provide health promotion, health education, diet and nutrition services

Looking forward to the future of chronic disease prevention and nutrition intervention, Yin Zhaoxue said that at present, big data, informatization, intelligent health monitoring equipment and AI are increasingly used in the field of elderly care in

The way and order of eating is about health

According to the "China Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Elderly Diabetes (2021)", the prevalence of diabetes in the elderly in China has reached 30.

Dietary texture grading is mainly applied to clinical patients and institutional care of the elderly, which can significantly reduce the risk of aspiration and reduce the incidence

Enrich food for the elderly to promote industrial development

China's aging population spans multiple generations, and different era backgrounds have shaped three completely different generations, and Fu Ping, director of the Nutrition food branch of the Chinese Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, called it "the new three generations of the elderly"

Fu Ping said that although there are more and more prepackaged foods that are easy to chew, digest and absorb on the market, the market share of middle-aged and elderly milk powder and modulated milk has increased rapidly, but the food suitable for the elderly is still relatively lacking and relatively single

In response to the classification and standards of elderly food, Fu Ping told reporters that "elderly food" is not a specific food category, as long as the product is suitable for the middle-aged and elderly population, in any food packaging can be marked "middle-aged and elderly food" and "elderly food", not limited to certain types of food
.
However, it is undeniable that the lack of corresponding standards for food for the elderly restricts the development of the industry
to some extent.
"China's prepackaged food has a strict classification, corresponding standards, such as mooncake implementation standards for GB/T 19855, biscuits for GB 7100-2015, jelly standards for GB 19299-2015, but there is no category of prepackaged special care foods for the elderly, so if you want to produce special care foods that adapt to swallowing dysfunction, you can only use the national standard
of 'jelly'.
At present, there is a very good special care food on the market, and the product category belongs to 'jelly'
.
The old man thought it was children's food at first glance and did not buy
it at all.
Now the main weight loss market, selling very hot
.
The first class of the plane is also available, but the elderly who really need it do not know
it.
Fu Ping said that solid beverages adopt filing management, mainly divided into protein-based solid beverages (including amino acid beverages) and ordinary solid beverages, of which the complex protein solid beverages are close to full nutrition food, but the name must be "solid beverages"
.
The elderly are very confused and look at the big "solid drink" four words on the packaging
.

Fu Ping stressed that the key point of the research and development of ordinary elderly food is that the product types are rich, the taste forms are diverse, and the psychological needs of the elderly are fully met, convenient and fast
.
For special physiological needs such as chewing and digestive capacity decline, as well as medical health needs such as metabolic disorders, muscle atrophy, bone mass loss, joint and nervous system degenerative lesions, the development of elderly products should pay attention to functional hot spots
such as texture characteristics, nutritional enhancement, anti-aging, enhanced immunity, and cardiovascular protection.
"The development of the industrialization of food for the elderly should be more closely integrated
with the industrialization of catering, the food industry, health food, special medical food, sports food, staple food nutrient strengthening, and functional enhancement diet.
"

Responsible Editor: Zhao Yu Review: Peng Zonglu