Tuesday, June 27, 2006
June 26 - One out of every three seniors does not eat sufficient, putting them at lofty risk for malnutrition. An astonishing solution is giving them the calories they require.
Doctor Margaret-Mary Wilson says chronic illnesses, medications and changes in hormones could cause loss of appetite in seniors.
Margaret-Mary Wilson, M.D., geriatrician internist: "Half the meal consists in its pleasant taste and its pleasant smell, but as we age, we get a blunting of that perception."
How could you make certain the older people you know get sufficient to eat? First, let them eat what they like. You desire them to a have healthy diet -- sure. But if ice cream is their preferred, let them eat some ice cream. The issue is to get sufficient calories into their bodies.
Margaret-Mary Wilson, M.D.: "We try to avoid restrictive diets in older adults."
Next, make certain they consume about 15 calories for every pound of weight. So, a 130-pound senior must get about one-thousand, 950 calories a day.
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