COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 17 (UPI) -- Older people who garden eat more vegetables -- but not fruit -- researchers at Texas A&M University and Texas State University found.
Aime Sommerfeld, Amy McFarland, Tina Waliczek and Jayne Zajicek said studies show poor nutrition is one of several factors responsible for mortality and morbidity in the elderly and is comparable to deaths caused from cigarette smoking.