The aging process of any population is a function of the differences in
genetics, lifestyle, and health. The relationship between aging and several diseases of
older adults includes loss of appetite, gustatory dysfunctions, declining basal
metabolism. Moreover, the situation is aggravated by economic issues that sometimes
affecting this fraction of the population. This chapter stresses the relationship between
nutrition and the elderly, emphasizing some chronic conditions or clinically identifiable
complications that appear during the aging process. Therefore, it is briefly discussed
chronic conditions such as anorexia, presbyphagia anosmia or hyposmia, sarcopenia,
hypothyroidism, osteopenia/osteoporosis, and constipation. Also, there is a brief
compilation of the information on food for the elderly and some home recipes.
Keywords: Anorexia, Constipation, Foods the elderly, Health and aging,
Hypothyroidism, Osteopenia/osteoporosis, Presbyphagia anosmia, Sarcopenia.
