Severity of the Issue​

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• Aegis Assisted Living reported in a 2016 article that malnutrition is an epidemic that often goes unnoticed and not properly treated, yet puts one in two older adults at risk.

• Elderly adults are especially at risk for malnutrition, although it can happen to anyone. It can happen to those who don’t have access to healthy food and/or who have medical conditions that can affect their appetite 

• Malnutrition in older adults costs the United States 51.3 billion dollars each year, and causes a 300% increase in the cost of health care.