Nutrition and Immunity in Older Adults: What Matters and Why

August 1, 2025
Caring for the Ages

It is well known that nutrition and health are greatly interconnected and that specific foods and individual nutrients can have an impact on human health. Strong evidence exists that there is an association between the consumption of certain nutrients and dietary patterns and the development of chronic diseases, which are felt to be related to impaired functioning of the immune system (Nutrients 2020;12:236).