OLD PEOPLE NUTRITION
April 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a Euro 1.01 million research project aimed at developing guidelines for boosting the nutrition of elderly people, improving their general health and well-being. Researchers in the NUTRI-SENEX scheme will consider ways of dealing with the loss of smell and taste in older people, which can spark a loss of appetite, leading to weight loss and other health problems. A project paper noted: "A weakening of nutritional status and immunity, a loss of weight and increased frailty". NUTRI-SENEX is expected to make ...
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