Book Reviews Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging, edited by

chapters covering a broad range of topics, all of which are es-sential to understanding why there is so much concern about people in their later years. The first section provides an excellent and fascinating overview of the epidemiology of aging. The graying of America is compared with the graying of nations in both developed and undeveloped parts of the world. This section highlights China and the Asian nations as well as African and European nations. The concern that there will be too few young and middle-aged adults to care for the aging population is well illustrated. The fundamentals of geriatric nutrition, as well as a review of the literature on how medications can affect nutritional status, are illuminating. The final section includes 17 chapters, each of which is devoted to specific clinical conditions that afflict the aged. The book would have been better had it included a section on the care of the aged, ie, hospice care and care in assisted livin