MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES AMONG OLDER PERSONS
By Melanie Berg, MS, RD, and Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD
Although we often consider overt micronutrient deficiency to be rare in developed countries, deficiencies of certain vitamins/minerals are actually fairly common among older persons. These deficiencies are associated with the physiological changes of aging as well as disease processes that afflict the aged. One of the major changes that occurs with aging is decreased energy requirements associated with loss of lean body mass (sarcopenia) as well as decreased physical activity. To some degree, most organ system functions are adversely impacted by aging.1-3
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FDA DELAYS RULE ON ALUMINUM CONTENT LABELING
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has further delayed the effective date of the rule regulating aluminum content labeling in certain products used in total parenteral nutrition. The FDA established a new date of January 26, 2004.1 This enables the agency to finalize an amendment permitting the labels of small volume parenterals and pharmacy bulk packages containing 25 µg/L or less of aluminum to state, "Contains no more than 25 µg/L of aluminum" rather than the specific aluminum content. Manufacturers also have more time to submit descriptions of the assay methods they use to identify aluminum content.
Reference
1. Department of Health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration. Aluminum in large and small volume parenterals used in total parenteral nutrition; amendment; delay of effective date. Federal Register. 2002;67:70691-70692.
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NUTRITION INITIATIVES AT THE CDC
Guest editor:
William Dietz, MD, PhD
Director, Nutrition Division of CDC
Obesity is the most pressing chronic disease issue in this century, and poor nutrition and physical inactivity are leading contributors to the problem. As the nation's prevention agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is focusing many of its resources on the obesity epidemic.
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