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Nutritional needs change as a person goes through different stages in life

Nutritional needs change as a person goes through different stages in life. For example, older adults typically do not need to eat as much as a younger person. According to Dr. Sarah Booth, director and senior scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, when people age, they need fewer calories to maintain the same weight. Also, multiple changes occur with age, and those shifts affect how

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