Adequate food and nutrition among seniors is essential to...
    Having active healthy lives
    Prevention or delay of chronic diseases
    Reduce the risk of disability
    Increase resistance to infections
    Aiding in the recovery of illnesses and shorter hospital stays
    Lessen the effects of depression
    Increasing their confidence in the ability to care for themselves

For more information regarding senior hunger, visit www.centeronhunger.org/pdg/Elderly.pdf