As we get older and less active, our energy requirements fall. Consequently, our appetite will decline as well.
Despite that, older people should still follow a normal, healthy balanced diet, although perhaps in a more nutrient dense form to take into account their less efficient digestive systems.
Often, vitamin D will be particularly lacking in older people as activity levels decrease and so to does their exposure to sunlight.
For that reason, nutritionists often recommend a daily vitamin D supplement along with plenty of foods rich in vitamin D like oily fish and margarine (which is fortified with vitamin D) for everyone over 65.
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