Political Quotes

“September 24 to 28, 2018, marks Malnutrition Awareness Week. Malnutrition Awareness Week is a multi- organizational, multipronged campaign created by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition to educate healthcare professionals to identify and treat for malnutrition earlier, educate consumers and patients to discuss their nutrition status with healthcare professionals, and increase awareness of nutrition's role in patient recovery. Last summer, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to discuss the importance of proper nutrition and the impact of malnutrition on America's seniors. We learned that, in 2014, more than 13 percent of seniors in Pennsylvania reported food insecurity. Experts shared that poverty, food insecurity, and changes with age significantly increase the risk of malnutrition. Unfortunately, we do not know the full extent to which malnutrition plagues seniors across the country. It is for this reason that last fall I called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine what is known about the caloric and nutrient needs of older adults as well as the extent to which federally funded nutrition programs that serve older adults are meeting their nutrition needs. No seniors should have to choose between putting food on the table and taking their medications.…”