Hunger in Older Adults: Challenges and Opportunities for the Aging Services Network
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Description
Report details the state of food security in older adults throughout the nation. Examines some of the negative health outcomes caused or worsened by malnutrition at an advanced age. Discusses some of the barriers that inhibit many elderly people from accessing food, such as immobility, lack of transportation, and poverty, among others.
Date
02/2017
Type
Document
Organization
Meals on Wheels America
Tagged as
Aging and aging-related services · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Poverty · Statistics and data