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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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Nutrition for Seniors
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From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Good Nutrition: It's a Way of Life (National Institute on Aging)
- Young at Heart: Tips for Older Adults (Eating Healthy and Physical Activity) (NIDDK Weight-Control Information Network)
Also available in: Spanish
Overviews
- Overviews
- Eat Nutritious Foods: A Healthy Habit for Healthy Aging (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Eating Well as We Age
(Food and Drug Administration) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - Growing Older, Eating Better (Food and Drug Administration)
- Nutrition after Fifty: Tips and Recipes (American Institute for Cancer Research)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- DETERMINE Your Nutritional Health Checklist: Warning Signs (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Pictures/Diagrams
- Pictures/Diagrams
- Food Guide Pyramid for Older Adults (Tufts University) - Links to PDF
Health Check Tools
- Health Check Tools
- DETERMINE Your Nutritional Health Checklist (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Constipation (National Institute on Aging)
Also available in: Spanish - Dietary Supplements: More Is Not Always Better (National Institute on Aging)
- Healthy Aging with a Diet Rich in Vitamin E (American Dietetic Association)
- How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Labels (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
Also available in: Spanish - Seniors and Food Safety: Preventing Foodborne Illness (Food and Drug Administration)
- When You Have No Appetite: Tips to Get the Nutrition You Need (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Newsletters/Print Publications
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- General Nutrition Resource List for Seniors (National Agricultural Library)
Research
- Research
- Hold the Fries:Older Americans and Food Choices (Dept. of Agriculture)
- Restricting Your Diet, Testing Your Willpower (Alliance for Aging Research)
Directories
- Directories
- Find a Nutrition Professional (American Dietetic Association)
- Meals on Wheels: Find a Local Program (Meals on Wheels Association of America)
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Elderly Nutrition Program (Administration on Aging)
- Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (Food and Nutrition Service)