居家老年人防控新型冠状病毒肺炎的合理膳食建议

Sensible dietary suggestions for home-living elderly for purpose of preventing coronavirus disease 2019

我国老年人口数量多,其往往伴随营养不良且多病共存,对病毒等病原体抵抗力较弱,更容易感染新型冠状病毒(2019-nCoV),有慢病等合并症患者的病死率则明显更高,且预后较差。因此,老年人是此次新型冠状病毒肺炎的易感人群和重点防控人群,也占本次疫情危重症人群的绝大部分。为了有效切断2019-nCoV的传播途径、降低感染率,建议老年人群尽量避免外出。本文旨在指导居家老人在此特殊时期合理膳食,增强防控意识,提高防护能力,避免营养不良引起机体功能下降及造成不良健康后果。

There are a large number of elderly people in China,who often suffer from malnutrition and comorbidities and are susceptible to the infection of 2019 coronavirus(2019-nCoV)because of weakened resistance to pathogens.The mortality rate was significantly higher,and the prognosis was poor for the elderly patients with chronic diseases and complications.Therefore,they are the susceptible and high-risk population of corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19),accounting for the majority of the critically ill cases in the current outbreak.To effectively cut off the transmission of 2019-nCoV and reduce the infection rate,it is recommended for the elderly people to avoid going out as much as possible.The purpose of this article is to provide guidance for the home-living elderly people to have a sensible diet,to strengthen their awareness of prevention and control,to improve the ability of protection,and to avoid malnutrition caused by the decline of body functions and adverse health consequences.