How To Prevent Malnutrition In Your Senior Years

How To Prevent Malnutrition In Your Senior Years

An insufficient, excessive, or unbalanced nutrient intake results in malnutrition. Malnutrition can take many different forms, but the two most common are undernutrition (receiving fewer nutrients than necessary) and overnutrition (receiving more nutrients than necessary). This article focuses on undernutrition, which older adults are susceptible to due to a variety of risk factors. Inadequate nutritional…