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Review
. 2023 Jan 24:9:1087505.
doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1087505. eCollection 2022.

Nutritional and lifestyle management of the aging journey: A narrative review

Amira Kassis  1 , Marie-Claire Fichot  2 , Marie-Noelle Horcajada  2 , Astrid M H Horstman  2 , Peter Duncan  2 , Gabriela Bergonzelli  2 , Nicolas Preitner  2 , Diane Zimmermann  2 , Nabil Bosco  2 , Karine Vidal  2 , Laurence Donato-Capel  2
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Nutritional and lifestyle management of the aging journey: A narrative review

Amira Kassis et al. Front Nutr. .

Abstract

With age, the physiological responses to occasional or regular stressors from a broad range of functions tend to change and adjust at a different pace and restoring these functions in the normal healthy range becomes increasingly challenging. Even if this natural decline is somehow unavoidable, opportunities exist to slow down and attenuate the impact of advancing age on major physiological processes which, when weakened, constitute the hallmarks of aging. This narrative review revisits the current knowledge related to the aging process and its impact on key metabolic functions including immune, digestive, nervous, musculoskeletal, and cardiovascular functions; and revisits insights into the important biological targets that could inspire effective strategies to promote healthy aging.

Keywords: aging; lifestyle; metabolism; nutrition; physiological changes.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that AK is a paid consultant to Société des Produits Nestlé and that all other authors are employees of Société des Produits Nestlé. The authors declare that this study received funding from Société des Produits Nestlé SA. The funder had the following involvement in this review article: review design, data collection, decision to publish and preparation of the manuscript.

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FIGURE 1
The aging journey: The changes in health conditions with aging [being optimal (green line) or suboptimal (orange line)] are related to changes in key physiological functions and can be prevented with diet, sleep and physical activity.
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