Authors : Kalpana Kulkarni
Page Nos : 235-244
Description :
Environmental factors like common dietary pattern, toxic chemical exposures, inadequate exercise and socio-economic stress are influencing common degenerative diseases. These influences can begin in the womb and continue throughout life, setting the stage for the later development of neurodegenerative as well as other chronic diseases. Nutritional, chemical, physical and social factors have a direct influence on the risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and related chronic diseases. It is clear from these findings that our activities in the area of food and agriculture, energy, chemical use and social organisation are key drivers in the abnormal loss of neurological function in older people throughout the modern world. Keywords: Neurodegenerative, dietary pattern, chronic diseases, neurologic
