If you were a dietician at a restaurant in an extended care facility where active healthy people in older adulthood ate, you should know that, in comparison to younger adults, older adults need about _______ calories and about _______ nutrients.
A) the same number of; 20% more
B) 20% more; the same number of
C) the same number of; 20% fewer
D) 20% fewer; the same number of

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By the time they reach age 65, older adults require at least 20% fewer calories than younger adults do; however, they still need nearly as many basic nutrients.

If You Were a Dietician at a Restaurant in an Extended