Schiffman S S, Warwick Z S
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706.
Neurobiol Aging. 1988 Jan-Feb;9(1):24-6. doi: 10.1016/s0197-4580(88)80009-5.
Impairment of the senses of taste and smell is one of the major factors contributing to anorexia in the elderly. Anorexia often remits when foods are amplified by additional odor to compensate for diminished chemosensory functioning.
