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Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

Clinical and Translational Nutrition

Session Type: Sponsored Satellite Program

Aging Well for the Body & Mind: Role of Micronutrients in Older Adults (Sponsored Satellite Program)

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Sponsored By: Haleon

Chair(s)

Joshua Miller, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor & Chair of Nutritional Sciences
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

Emily Ho, PhD (she/her/hers)

Endowed Director & Professor
Nutrition Program, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Linus Pauling Institute
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Laura Baker, PhD (she/her/hers)

Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosure(s):

Joshua W. Miller, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Emily Ho, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Laura D. Baker, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Adequate nutrient intake is necessary for optimal physiological functioning and suboptimal intakes can have systemic effects on overall health and wellbeing, including cognitive function. Specifically, older adults are at greater risk for micronutrient deficiencies. While encouraging higher micronutrient intake through diet to optimize nutritional status is emphasized, oftentimes older adults still fall short of meeting recommended intakes.

This presentation will describe the physiological changes that occur with aging, the impact nutrition has from a cellular aging perspective, current evidence on benefits of supplementing vitamins/minerals among older adults, including new research from the Linus Pauling Institute, and how that supplementation can impact a major area of concern among older adults: cognition (new research from Wake Forest University).

Learning Objectives:

Describe the role nutrition plays in aging and the effects suboptimal nutrient intake can have on overall health for the older adult
Evaluate the current evidence supporting micronutrient supplementation for healthy aging, including cognitive aging
Construct nutrition interventions for older adults relative to their micronutrient needs

Presentations:

12:00 PM – 12:05 PM ET

Welcome and Introductions - Aging Well for the Body & Mind: Role of Micronutrients in Older Adults (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Chair: Joshua W. Miller, PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
12:05 PM – 12:35 PM ET

Micronutrients and Cellular Aging (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Speaker: Emily Ho, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
12:35 PM – 1:05 PM ET

Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation and Cognitive Aging: New News from the COSMOS-Mind Study (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Speaker: Laura D. Baker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
1:05 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Panel Discussion - Aging Well for the Body & Mind: Role of Micronutrients in Older Adults (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Chair: Joshua W. Miller, PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
Speaker: Emily Ho, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
Speaker: Laura D. Baker, PhD (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine