Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > health and social care > physiology > physiological processes > health and aging > nutritional issues > nutrition and public health
... > other subjects > natural sciences > life sciences > biological sciences > physiology > physiological processes > health and aging > nutritional issues > nutrition and public health
... > other subjects > natural sciences > life sciences > biological sciences > biology > physiology > physiological processes > health and aging > nutritional issues > nutrition and public health
... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > physiology > physiological processes > health and aging > nutritional issues > nutrition and public health

Preferred term

nutrition and public health  

Definition

  • The maintenance of good nutritional health is essential to healthy aging. Healthy aging can be described as the maintenance of physical and cognitive functioning, the prevention or delay of chronic disease and disease-related complications, and the fostering of overall quality of life. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health & Aging; Nutrition and Public Health]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/nutrition_and_public_health

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD