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Flavor enhancement of foods for the elderly can reverse anorexia
1Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706.
Neurobiology of Aging
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Impairment of the senses of taste and smell is one of the major factors contributing to anorexia in the elderly. Anorexia often remits when foods are amplified by additional odor to compensate for diminished chemosensory functioning.