Science Communication and Research Paper 2022

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Abstract
Maintaining the right intake of healthy Nutrition is very much significant. It helps in having a
healthy life. However, it tends to be associated with healthy ageing. The main aim of the
research proposal is to outline the relationship or the connection between healthy Nutrition with
that of the ageing.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Methods...........................................................................................................................................3
a) Research philosophy.............................................................................................................3
b) Research design-...............................................................................................................4
c) Data collection method............................................................................................................5
d) Sampling method and the size of the sampling.......................................................................5
e) Data analysis method...............................................................................................................5
e) Proposed timeline....................................................................................................................6
Results..............................................................................................................................................6
Discussion........................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The Nutrition is considered to be the science that tends to construe the nutrients as well as
the other substances in the food in connection to the maintenance, development, reproduction,
health and a various number of diseases of an organism. The term nutrition includes the intake
of the food, absorption, assimilation, biosynthesis, catabolism as well as the excretion. In other
words, it can be said that Nutrition is considered to be the process of giving or having the
necessary foods for the purpose of having good health and that of the growth. Therefore, it can
be said that the good maintenance of Nutrition is considered to be a significant part of having or
leading a good and healthy lifestyle. If Nutrition is being combined with physical activity, it can
help an individual to reduce as well as maintain a healthy weight. It can even help in reducing
the danger of suffering from a various number of chronic diseases like the diseases of the heart.
Therefore, it can be said that maintaining the right Nutrition can lead to the promotion of the
general health of an individual. On the other hand, it is to be noted that with the advancement of
the age, one individual tends to get prone towards a various number of deficiencies like that of
the calcium, vitamin D, Vitamin V12, magnesium as well as various other numbers of nutrients.
Therefore, it is very important to having a good nutrition in order to avoid problems in the old
age. This paper aims at understanding the importance of the connection between the
maintenance of healthy Nutrition with that of the ageing. The main purpose of the paper is to
understand the fact that the maintenance of healthy Nutrition is connected with the ageing as it
helps to remain fit and avoid problems in the period of old age.
Methods
a) Research philosophy

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The philosophy of the research is being used to examine and even develop the study in the
details method. However, it is to be noted that there is three main types of research philosophies
which are namely the interpretivism, realism and the positivism. According to Saunders et al
2015), the positivism research helps to develop progress analysis on the basis of the depth of a
particular form of a study. On the other hand, it is to be noted that the interpretivism helps to
deal with the activities as well as the functions which are related to the management. However,
apart from this, the realism is considered to an approach which is mixed in its nature among the
other philosophies (Saunders et al 2015). It is to be noted that in this particular study, the
positivism philosophy will be utilized as it will further help to examine and analyse the issue in a
very rational as well as a critical manner. It is, however, to be noted that the positivism
philosophy is based on the experiences of the senses and the examination and interpretation will
be made totally on the basis of the facts (Edson, Henning. and Sankaran 2016). Thus, the two
other philosophies will be very much rejected as the philosophies tend to depend upon each
person, and the perception and the opinion of every person might vary from one to that of the
other.
b) Research design-
The three main types of research design are the descriptive, analytical, exploratory as well as
the explanatory type of research. Among these, it is to be noted that the analytical research
design will help to understand and even assess the study in a very descriptive way. According to
Creswell and Poth, (2016) , the exploratory design is mainly utilized to understand the concepts
in the very beginning stage of the research whereas the explanatory design is mainly used in
order to create a relationship between the two types of the variable that are into consideration.
Thus, it can be said that the analytical research design can be used for the purpose as it will help

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in getting a detailed idea of the theories which already exist while the two other forms of the
designs will be rejected.
c) Data collection method
The collection of the data will be depended upon both the primary as well as the
secondary sources. It is to be noted that the primary data can be collected by means of a various
number of sources like that of the survey and interview whereas o the other hand, the secondary
sources can tend to mean the all kind of the information's that are very much available in the
form of the print or are available in the online platform. It is to be noted in order to complete this
research, both the types of the method of collecting the data or the information will be utilized.
d) Sampling method and the size of the sampling
According to Larson and Csikszentmihalyi, (2014), the techniques of the sampling, which
will be utilized for the research, will be both the probability as well as the non-probability
technique of the sampling. However, apart from this, it is to be noted that the simple form of the
sampling will be used for the research to acquire a better form of understanding of the topic
(Csikszentmihalyi and Larson, 2014). It is to be noted that 50 aged people of a society will be
asked to take part or participate in the survey where as on the other hand, the 3 doctors will be
requested to represent their view on the subject of this particular study.
e) Data analysis method
it is to be noted that in order to carry forward the examination and interpretation of the
qualitative information which is being collected by the very mean of the survey the collected
data will eventually be changed into numeric as well as on percentages. This will eventually help
in gaining a comprehensive as well as the comparison data of the collection method. However,

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this information’s can be then changed into charts and graphs which will help to present a
graphical as well as the pictorial presentation of the subject. However, it is to be noted that in
order to evaluate the qualitative data, the thematic approach will be undertaken. Apart from this,
the data or the information which will be gathered from that of the interview will be written in
consideration of the various number of themes that are in direct connection to the topic of the
research.
e) Proposed timeline
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Results
The result that is assumed that will be contained is that a connection between the intake
of healthy Nutrition with that of the healthy ageing will be associated. It will help in
understanding how the healthy intake of food and maintenance will prevent one from suffering

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from chronic illness. It will even help in understanding how the right intake of healthy Nutrition,
maintenance of proper hydration can lead an individual towards proper healthy ageing. it is to be
noted that after the completion of the research, it can be concluded that healthy Nutrition and
maintenance also helps in loving for a long period of time without going through sufferance.
Discussion
Majority of the times, the term ageing is being defined as the continuous type of a
process that tent to incorporate the loss or the damage of the functional ability. It is the period
which is marked with the danger of morbidity. Ageing o the other hand is considered to be the
risk factor for a various number of chronic diseases (Heller and Sorensen 2013). It is to be noted
that the ageing cannot be said or defined by the presence of the morbidities, rather it is
considered to be a process that tends to start a very early stage of the life and which is being
controlled by the accretion of the experiences and throughout the course of the life (Cheng et al
2015). On the other hand, it is to be noted that Nutrition is very important for the purpose of
leading a very healthy lifestyle. It is to be noted that if Nutrition is being combined with the right
diet, it can help to reach tend even maintain a healthy weight and to even helps in avoiding
various types of healthy Nutrition. In this context, it is to be understood that the maintaining the
right healthy as well as the right Nutrition helps in having a huge impact or influence upon the
physical health as well as on the wellbeing of the older adults.., the older people are more prone
to suffer from malnutrition (Taylor 2017). This mainly tend to happen because the rate of
metabolism and the appetite gets slower with the passing of the age. Apart from this, the
capability of the body to absorb the nutrients also tend to get decreased with the passing of the
age (Steinberg et al 2019). Apart from this, it is to be noted that the healthy aging is very much
significantly important for several other reasons as nutrition influences the heath in various

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number of the way (Ramage-Morin and Garriguet 2013). Maintaining the right Nutrition for
older people is significant as it helps in supporting the cellular function across the whole body. It
also strengthens the immune system as well as wards off the physical as well as the mental
illness. However, if Nutrition is being maintained from an early age, it will help in maintaining a
healthy form of ageing. It is to be noted that if the Nutrition is being properly maintained, then
the older people tend to suffer less, and they even tend to live for a longer period of the time
(Leslie and Hankey 2015). As one ages, the functions of the mind and the body changes.
However maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help an individual to deal with those changes. It will
even in preventing some changes in the health and it will even help in having the best in the life
(Pallauf et al 2013). However, one of the significant point that must be kept in contact is that the
immune system tends to get weak with the passing of the age. It tend to raise the intake of
foodborne illness and the poisoning of the food (Kumar et al 2016). Therefore, if the intake of
the food is being rightly maintained and from the very beginning, it will help in avoiding these
problems in the later stage of the life (Chedraui and Pérez-López 2013). This function is also
known as the healthy aging. it is to noted that the term healthy aging refers to the process of
developing and even maintaining the functional ability that tent to enable the wellbeing in the
older stage of the life (Amarya, Singh and Sabharwal 2015). It even helps the older people to
recover from various sort of illness very quickly and it prevents the risk of getting some form of
chronic disease as well (Kendig et al 2014). Therefore, from the research, we can get the
connection between healthy Nutrition and that of the ageing (Boccardi, Paolisso and Mecocci
2016). The research will enable to understand why it is important to maintain the right Nutrition
and the connection or the benefits that it tends to have in the older age (Suominen et al 2014). It

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will help in the promotion of the right intake of the healthy diet and Nutrition and the healthy
ageing in the future (Shlisky et al 2017).
Conclusion
After completing the research proposal, it can be stated that the healthy Nutrition and the
ageing is rightly connected to one another. It can be stated that maintaining a healthy nutrition
will help in leading to healthy ageing and get away with chronically diseases as well.

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