Vitamins or minerals when taken in large doses act like drugs and can cause harm. Alert your doctor to everything you take. GAIN Losing or gaining a lot of weight when you are not trying to do so is an important warning sign that must not be ignored. Being overweight or underweight also increases your chance of poor health. Although most older people are able to eat, one of every five have trouble walking, shopping, buying and cooking food, especially as they get older.
Most older people lead full and productive lives.
But as age increases, risk of frailty and health problems increase. Checking your nutritional health regularly makes good sense. The Nutrition Screening Initiative is funded in part by a grant from Ross Laboratories, a division of Abbott Laboratories.