While I was at the Montana Gerontology Society conference last week, I attended a session on nutrition for seniors and wanted to pass some of the information along. As we age, our life circumstances and bodies change and it becomes necessary to adapt our food intake accordingly. Many factors such as income, mobility and health issues and accessibility to food can have a profound effect on the level of nutrition.

The negative effect of the above mentioned factors may lead to malnutrition. It was astounding to hear the high rates of malnutrition in seniors. Some symptoms include: fatigue; increa...