List some of the age-related changes that affect nutritional status
What will be an ideal response?
Physiological: Sensory, cognitive, functional.
Social: Poverty, food insecurity, loneliness, depression, changes in living situation, medications, and alcohol.
Oral changes: Root caries, periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus, oral cancers, osteoporosis, tooth loss, dentition status, and xerostomia.
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. bluish b. reddish c. greenish d. brownish
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