Information Package / Course Catalogue
Elderly Nutrition
Course Code: BDB224
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The importance of elderly nutrition, factors affect elderly nutrition, nutritional assessment of elderly, dietary food and nutrient requirements of elderly, the information to maintain health and well-being in later life, nutritional recommendations in elderly for health protection, improvement, development.

Course Content

Factors which effects food intake in elderly, importance of healthy nutrition in elderly, nutritional needs and dietary concerns of the elderly, nutritional assessments of elderly, nutritional deficiency disorders in elderly and nutritional recommendations in elderly for health protection, improvement, development.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Mahmut ÇERİ
Learning Outcomes
1.Learns the importance of healthy nutrition in elderly
2.Learns on the factors which effects nutritional status in elderly
3.Knows the special dietary food and nutrient requirements of elderly
4.Learns nutritional deficiency diseases of elderly
5.Assess nutritional status in elderly
6.Applies the information to maintain health and well-being in later life
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Geriatric Nutrition (Ed:Morley JE. Thomas DR) CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, USA 2007.
2.Geriatri ve Gerontoloji, (Ed. Arıoğul S), MN & Nobel Basım Yayın Tic. ve San. Ltd. Şti. Ankara, 2006.
3.Temel Geriatri, (Ed. Kutsal Gökçe Y), Güneş Tıp Kitapevi Kırt. Tic. Ltd. Şti. Ankara, 2006.
4.Keep Fit For Life. Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Older Persons, WHO, Tufts University Science and Policy, Malta, 2002.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Aging, aging population, and life expenctancy
Week 2 - Theoretical
Physical and physiological changes of aging I
Week 3 - Theoretical
Physical and physiological changes of aging II
Week 4 - Theoretical
Food and nutrient requirements of elderly I
Week 5 - Theoretical
Food and nutrient requirements of elderly II
Week 6 - Theoretical
Principles of menu planning of elderly nutrition I
Week 7 - Theoretical
Principles of menu planning of elderly nutrition II
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Menu planning practice
Week 10 - Theoretical
Nutritional assesssment of elderly I
Week 11 - Theoretical
Nutritional assesssment of elderly II
Week 12 - Theoretical
Nutritional deficiency diseases in the elderly I
Week 13 - Theoretical
Nutritional deficiency diseases in the elderly II
Week 14 - Theoretical
Nutrition education in elderly
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130226
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)48
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026