Course: Ageing Well: Nutrition and Exercise for Older Adults

Watch as Personal Trainer, Aynsley Lynam, demonstrates muscle strengthening exercises that can be done at home safely. These exercises, if carried out regularly, will help to ensure the person you …

With all the conflicting and changing messages we hear about food, diets and nutrition, it can be difficult to work out what to believe. It’s important to realise that nutritional …

Are you wondering how you can incorporate protein into the kind of breakfast the person you care for enjoys? Watch Dr Rachel Smith demonstrate how to increase the protein in …

This Week we’ve discussed the importance of staying active, maintaining muscle mass, eating well and increasing the protein in your diet. But there are many reasons this might be difficult …

A nutritious diet is important throughout our lives but as we age, some nutrients become particularly important, such as protein. As you heard in Week 1, protein is important for …

The World Health Organisation Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical activity required …

Undernutrition: a silent disease Undernutrition is a recognised pathology of older adults. In the older population, it’s caused by insufficient food intake and/or compromised use of nutrients by the body …

Seven reasons to stay active (or get active) as you age The saying goes, “you can’t outrun a bad diet”. However, the opposite is equally true. Physical activity and nutrition …

What we eat matters. Ageing affects everyone in different ways but there are some common issues that most people aged 70 and over will experience at some stage. Common food-related …

Watch this video to hear what our course contributors think ‘ageing well’ means in practice. Hear the perspectives of older adults, carers and experts. Why do you think the ability …

Welcome to ‘Ageing well: nutrition and exercise for older adults’, developed by the University of Reading’s Department of Food and Nutrition in collaboration with colleagues from the French National Research …

You don’t have to go to a fitness club to strengthen your muscles! Here are some exercises that can easily be done at home and incorporated into daily routines. We …