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Article: Nutrition and aging. (Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging researchers Robert Russell, Bess Dawson-Hughes, Allen Taylor, Simin Meydani) (Interview) (Cover Story)
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- Nutrition Action Healthletter
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- May 1, 1992
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We're all getting older. But do we have to feel old? Or can good nution keep us functioning like 20-year-olds? (Okay, 30-year-olds.)
In 1977, Congress decided that it was time to find out. It established the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
More than a decade later, researchers at the Center have found some answers to questions about nutrients and aging. This month, NAH's Bonnie Liebman interviewed four of the researchers by telephone.
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Q: How does age change the GI tract?
A: One common condition is atrophic gastritis, or the inability to ...