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| November 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 PRIMEDIA Intertec, a PRIMEDIA Company. All Rights Reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The elderly are especially vulnerable to the effects of inadequate nutrition. Disease, inability to perform certain functions and mental (cognitive) decline are all characteristics that were traditionally associated with old age, but these same characteristics are also closely tied to poor nutrient levels. Dr. Teresa Marshall, and others, from the University of Iowa, looked at these connections in a study that appeared in the Journal of Nutrition. Interviews with rural Iowans who were 79 ...

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