Myth vs. truth: healthy aging

Better Nutrition, Nov, 2004

MYTH: You get old--and you become sick, frail or disabled.

TRUTH: The elderly are generally healthy. Even in old age, an overwhelming majority have little functional disability. And only about 5 percent of older people live in nursing homes.

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