The number and proportion of older adults are increasing globally, and it is predicted that in 2020, there will be 723 million people worldwide aged 66 and older. In recent decades, numerous studies showed that healthy eating is positively associated with better nutritional status and quality of life, and the decreased incidence of noncommunicable diseases. As older adults become health conscious, the demand for foods and beverages rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds has increased. The increased demand for healthy food stimulated a recent rapid increase in designing, producing, and marketing functional foods to prevent or correct nutrient deficiencies and to improve the nutritional status of older adults. These functional products contain and/or are enriched with dietary fiber; omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; phytoestrogens; polyphenols; carotenoids such as alpha‐ and beta‐carotene; lutein and zeaxanthin; pre‐, pro‐, and synbiotics; and plant sterols and stanols. A limited number of publications have thoroughly addressed the effect of functional foods on the nutritional status of older adults. The goal of this review was to review existing recent research on the role of functional foods in healthy and active aging.

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老年人使用功能性食品的最新进展：叙述性评论

全球老年人口的数量和比例都在增加，预计到2020年，全球66岁及以上老年人口将达到7.23亿。近几十年来，大量研究表明，健康饮食与更好的营养状况和生活质量以及降低非传染性疾病的发病率呈正相关。随着老年人越来越注重健康，对富含营养物质和生物活性化合物的食品和饮料的需求增加了。对健康食品的需求增加刺激了最近设计、生产和销售功能性食品以预防或纠正营养缺乏和改善老年人营养状况的快速增长。这些功能性产品含有和/或富含膳食纤维；omega-3 多不饱和脂肪酸；植物雌激素；多酚；类胡萝卜素，如α-和β-胡萝卜素；叶黄素和玉米黄质；益生元、益生菌和合生元；以及植物甾醇和甾烷醇。有限数量的出版物彻底解决了功能性食品对老年人营养状况的影响。本综述的目的是回顾最近关于功能性食品在健康和积极老龄化中的作用的研究。