The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Health and Nutritional Problems of the Aged


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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, India
     

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Elderly are generally the people above the age of 60. It is estimated that there would be 620 million people over 60 years by 2000 A.D. in the world. More than half of the world's elderly people are in the developing countries and India currently ranks fourth among the countries which have a large elderly population in absolute numbers.
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K. P. Vasantha Devi
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, India
S. Premakumari
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, India

Abstract


Elderly are generally the people above the age of 60. It is estimated that there would be 620 million people over 60 years by 2000 A.D. in the world. More than half of the world's elderly people are in the developing countries and India currently ranks fourth among the countries which have a large elderly population in absolute numbers.