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Food and ageing: A hunger for pleasure
We tend to sacrifice taste as we age. But must eating be just about sustenance for the elderly?
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Giving the elderly access to the food they would like to eat is critical, says the writer.
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Ad Maulod and Siti Hazirah Mohamad
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Hunger is an urge that needs to be satisfied every day, but food is so much more than sustenance. It is also an expression of our identity and autonomy, of what to eat, when to eat, and whom to eat with.
This urge does not diminish with age or disease. On the contrary, towards the end of life, food becomes a form of comfort and a fulfilment of one’s last wishes and desires.
