31^st European Nutrition and Dietetics Conference

Pediatric & Geriatric Nutrition

Pediatric food describes a healthy diet that will ensure sufficient nutritional supply for children. This will also avoid the high risk of food and low risk of nutrition that can lead to several acute and chronic diseases such as malnutrition, anaemia with iron deficiency, anaemia with vitamin deficiency, anaemia with nutrient deficiency. Geriatric Nutrition applies principles of nutrition to delay effects like aging and related diseases. A great deal of physical changes occur with age. Once the body reaches physiological maturity, the rate of cell regeneration will decrease compared to the rate of degeneration that will affect the psychosocial, physical, common associative management.