The Nurse Is Performing Nutritional Assessment on an 80-Year-Old Patient

The nurse is performing nutritional assessment on an 80-year-old patient.The nurse knows that physiological changes that directly affect the nutritional status of the older adult include:

A) slowed gastrointestinal motility.
B) hyperstimulation of the salivary glands.
C) an increased sensitivity to spicy and aromatic foods.
D) decreased gastrointestinal absorption causing esophageal reflux.