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Geriatric: Nutrition Handbook (Chapman & Hall Nutrition Handbooks, 5)
by Stephen Bartlett, Mary Marian, Douglas Taren, Myra L. Muramoto, Steve Bartlett
Spiral, 200 Pages, Published 1997 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-0-412-13641-2, ISBN: 0-412-13641-4
"The older population, defined as those 65 years and older, has been steadily increasing as a percentage of the total population since 1900. Currently, it constitutes 13% of the population. The United States Bureau of the Census predicts that the elderly will represent 20% of the U.S. population by 2030. The older population itself is getting older, with greatest percentage increases in the subgroup of elderly over 85 years of age. This ..."
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