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Healthy Eating for Elders: Staying Regular1

Luisa Oliver-Cordero2

Healthy Eating for Elders: Staying Regular

Two page version of the causes and prevention of constipation. It is also available in Spanish as Vida Saludable para Personas de Edad: Manténiendose Regular.

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This fact sheet was developed with funding from the Florida Department of Elder Affairs in partnership with state, county, and local agencies. Published: November 1999. Reviewed: February 2003.

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Luisa Oliver-Cordero, BS, RD, LD/N, ENAFS Nutrition Educator/Trainer, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0310. Reviewed by Linda B. Bobroff, PhD, RD, LD/N, Associate Professor, University of Florida.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Dean.