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Want to improve functional performance? Eat some veggies

The Healthy Eating Index is used to compare food intake to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A report on the Diet Quality of Older Americans (2008) using the index found that people 65 years and older had lower intakes of whole grains, dark green and orange vegetables, legumes and milk; and too high an intake of sodium and saturated fat.

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