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Life stage - Seniors' health

Expert advice on keeping fit and healthy during your senior years.

Healthy ageing: Nutrition and falls – is there any connection?

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Healthy ageing: Nutrition and falls – is there...

Q I live alone and had a fall a couple...

Healthy ageing: Meals on wheels a good start for rehab

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Healthy ageing: Meals on wheels a good start...

Q Following two weeks in hospital my 82-year-old aunt is...

Healthy ageing: Managing medication side effects

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Healthy ageing: Managing medication side effects

Q I’m 86 and during a recent stay in hospital...

Healthy ageing: Why you need protein at every meal

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Healthy ageing: Why you need protein at every...

Protein intake, ideally spread across the day, has many beneficial...

Healthy ageing: When weight loss is a red flag

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Healthy ageing: When weight loss is a red...

Q My mother, who is 80, has lost 5kg in...

Healthy ageing: Learning to cook later in life

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Healthy ageing: Learning to cook later in life

Q Last year my wife and I separated after 45...

Cabbage keeps you strong

Cabbage keeps you strong

An increased daily intake of broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower or Brussels...

Healthy ageing: Are you due a nutrition WoF?

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Healthy ageing: Are you due a nutrition WoF?

Q I’m 75 years old and work three days a...

Healthy ageing: Social eating

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Healthy ageing: Social eating

Q My dad died earlier this year, and although my...

How to live well, longer

How to live well, longer

There’s no denying it: we’re getting older. As a nation,...

Carer alert : Focus on you own health first

Carer alert : Focus on you own health...

As about half of Kiwi seniors being cared for at...

A little exercise goes a long way for older people

A little exercise goes a long way for...

Getting old doesn’t necessarily mean becoming weak and frail, as...

The nutrition crisis our elderly face

The nutrition crisis our elderly face

When we think of malnutrition, it brings to mind images...

Malnutrition a big risk for elderly

Malnutrition a big risk for elderly

Over two thirds of elderly hospital patients were found to...

Protein at every meal for stronger muscles in older people

Protein at every meal for stronger muscles in...

Did you know eating protein at every meal might make...

Funding for senior nutrition research

Funding for senior nutrition research

Nearly $250,000 of Health Research Council money has been awarded...

Malnutrition in older people in spotlight

Malnutrition in older people in spotlight

Massey University research shows concerning levels of malnutrition among older...

A fine old time

A fine old time

Whatever your age, what you eat and how you exercise...