The format of this podcast is a health podcast host interviewing the podcast’s resident source for heath in the elderly. In this podcast, we will give information about and state the importance of vitamin intake for the elderly population as well as discuss potential health outcomes.
Sources
'-CDC Report:
“Hip Fractures among Older Adults.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 Sept. 2016, https://www.cdc.gov/falls/hip-fractures.html.
-New Clip:
Global Medical News Network. “Mortality Risk Doubles in Year After Hip Fracture.” YouTube, uploaded by MDedge: news and insights for busy physicians, 23 Sept 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4NVzsJ-kCs.
-Vitamin mg's and info:
“Vitamins and Minerals for Older Adults.” National Institute on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1 Jan. 2021, https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/vitamins-and-minerals-older-adults.
- BMC Geriatric Journal on fragility incidence rate:
Lorenzo-López, Laura, et al. “Nutritional Determinants of Frailty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.” BMC Geriatrics, vol. 17, no. 1, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0496-2.
-Malnutrition in the elderly:
Evans, Carol. “Malnutrition in the Elderly: A Multifactorial Failure to Thrive.” The Permanente Journal, The Permanente Journal, 2005, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396084/#:~:text=The%20incidence%20of%20malnutrition%20ranges,60%25%20among%20institutionalized%20older%20adults.
