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Older adults are a growing demographic group in the United States,
and a range of physical, social, financial, and cultural factors
affect their nutritional status. Metabolic and physiologic changes
that accompany normal aging modify the nutritional requirements of
older adults. An examination of evidence is needed to better
understand how nutritional status is associated with aging and risk
of mortality or chronic disease among older adults. Underpinning
many, if not most, nutritional problems in older adults is
socioeconomic status. Therefore, understanding access challenges to
healthy food, including geographic, financial, and transportation
barriers, also is needed to better understand how to meet the
nutritional needs of older adults. On October 28-29, 2015, the Food
and Nutrition Board convened a workshop, Meeting the Dietary Needs
of Older Adults, in Washington, DC. Participants examined factors
in the physical, social, and cultural environment that affect the
ability of older adults to meet their daily dietary needs. This
report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the
workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction and
Background 2 Emerging Insights (Physiological) 3 Emerging Insights
(Ecological) 4 National Programs Addressing Dietary Needs of the
Older Population 5 Role of Community and the Food Sector 6
Potential Research Priorities and Gaps Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B: Acronyms Appendix C: Speaker Biosketches Appendix D:
Planning Committee Biosketches
Since 1990, when the last guidelines for weight gain during
pregnancy were issued, the average body weight of women entering
their childbearing years has increased considerably, with a greater
percentage of these women now classified as overweight or obese.
Women of childbearing age are also more likely to have chronic
conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes and to be at
risk for poor maternal and child health outcomes. All of these
factors increase the likelihood of poor pregnancy outcomes for
women and their infants. As part of the continuing effort of The
Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC)
to promote the revised pregnancy weight gain guidelines recommended
in their 2009 study Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the
Guidelines, the IOM and NRC convened a workshop in March, 2013, to
engage interested stakeholders, organizations, and federal agencies
in a discussion of issues related to encouraging behavior change
that would reflect the updated guidelines on weight gain during
pregnancy. During the workshop, the IOM and NRC presented newly
developed information resources to support guidance based on the
recommendations of the 2009 report. Leveraging Action to Support
Dissemination of the Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines summarizes
the workshop's keynote address and the various presentations and
discussions from the workshop, highlighting issues raised by
presenters and attendees. Interested stakeholders, organizations,
health professionals, and federal agencies met to discuss issues
related to encouraging behavior change that would reflect the
updated guidelines on weight gain during pregnancy. This report
discusses conceptual products as well as products developed for
dissemination, ways to facilitate and support behavior change to
achieve healthy weight pre- and postpregnancy, and how to put the
weight gain guidelines into action to implement change. Table of
Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Keynote Addresses 3 Session
1: Communicating the Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines 4 Session 2:
Panel Discussion: What Are We Doing to Support Behavior Change? 5
Session 3: Implementing the Guidelines 6 Presentation on the First
Thousand Days Program 7 Session 4: Collaborating for Action 8 Final
Thoughts Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Workshop
Participants Appendix C: Speaker Biographies Appendix D: Workshop
Statement of Task
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