Nutrition
The TILDA Nutrition Working Group is interested in all aspects of nutrition and well-being in older adults.
Optimal nutritional status is a key component of healthy ageing with micro and macro nutrients essential for the prevention for the chronic diseases of ageing ranging from diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, inflammation and frailty.
Within the TILDA Nutrition Working Group, we utilise this nationally representative and longitudinal study of community-living people aged 50 and over to explore food patterns, vitamin biomarkers (including vitamins D, B12 and folate) and the links with age-related conditions and disease.