Senior Nutrition Program

Senior Nutrition Program Standards

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Reopening Guidance

• Congregate Meal Site Reopening Guidance

Nutrition Education and Resources for Older Adults

• Older Adults General Nutrition Resource List- USDA Compilation
• From the National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging
• Others
  • https://www.myplate.gov/
  • Food Safety for Older Adults
  • Food Safety Tips for Home Delivered Meals

Healthy Aging

• Special Nutrient Needs of Older Adults
• Better Health and You- Tips for Adults
• Go4Life, NIA/NIH
• HealthyPeople2020 Older Adults, ODPHP/HHS
• Healthy Aging, CDC
• Million Hearts Initiative, HHS
• National Agricultural Library, USDA
• National Health Information Center, ODPHP/HHS
• Nutrition.Gov, USDA
• Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, ODPHP/HHS
• Senior Health, NIH
• Stay Active as You Get Older, NHIC

Menu Planning on a Limited Budget

• Menu Planning on a Limited Budget

Washington Food Assistance Program

• https://www.dshs.wa.gov/esa/community-services-offices/basic-food

Food Banks in Your Area

• https://www.northwestharvest.org/our-work/

Senior Hunger Research on Food Insecurity

• Baby Boomers and Beyond: Facing Hunger after Fifty
• Spotlight on Senior Hunger
• Spotlight on Senior Health: Adverse Health Outcomes of Food Insecure Older Americans
• Rural Hunger Fact Sheet
• Hunger's New Staple

Accessibility Related

• https://order.nia.nih.gov/

Nutrition Quality Standards

• Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015
• USDA Evidence Based Library