date:Sep 20, 2012
e broad medical term dysphagia. She says that as many as 40% of 70 year olds suffer from some form of dysphagia, although definitions of its different types and recognition of its phases vary from country to country.
It is an underlying problem in designing foods for the elderly foods that also need to take other age-related issues into account, such as the need for different nutrition, with more protein and energy at each meal; the loss of taste and smell; and even embarrassment about eating