Speaker
Sharon Knapp

Session Details

Nutrition and Aging: Dos and Don'ts for Seniors

Aging Trends

Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025
Time: 11:15 am

This presentation will focus on the unique nutritional needs of older adults, addressing common challenges they face and providing strategies to maintain health through diet, including understanding nutritional needs of seniors, common nutritional challenges, dietary quality and health outcomes, practical tips for healthy eating, supplements and medications, cultural sensitivity and diversity, and nutritional programs and resources.

Learning Objectives:

1. To recognize the unique nutritional needs of older adults.
2. To identify the common challenges and provide strategies to maintain health through diet for seniors.
3. To learn practical tips for healthy eating and the need for supplements.