Old Age - Food supplements improve quality of life of older people

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Food supplements improve

quality of life of older people.

"Safe nutritional interventions, including the greater use of food supplements, are effective ways to ensure the provision of micronutrients and other substances with beneficial physiological effects, to maximise the span of good health and to improve the quality of life of older people."

So said Professor David Richardson, scientific adviser to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), at a major conference held in London recently.

The conference, called "Nutrition, Healthy Ageing and Public Policy" included speakers such as Dr Anthony Leeds, senior lecturer in King's College division of Nutritional Sciences, Professor Hans Konrad Biesalski, head of the Department of Biological Chemistry and Human Nutrition at Germany's University of Hohenheim, and Dr Anne Minihane from the University of Reading.

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