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Nutrition Education For The Elderly, Laurie Manahan
Nutrition Education For The Elderly, Laurie Manahan
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Introduction
This paper examines the topic of nutrition education for the elderly. Only within the past decade has proper nutrition been recognized as making a major contribution to the health and well-being of the elderly. This recognition of the importance of nutrition in the later years has led to the recent establishment of many nutrition programs for the elderly. As nutrition education is seen as an important tool in improving the nutritional status of the elderly, many of these now programs include nutrition education components.
Part One of this paper discusses the relationship between nutrition and aging. …