Because the elderly begin to lose their sensitivity to taste and smell, they begin to engage in which behavior?
A. they eat less
B. they eat more, because they don't remember what they ate
C. they experience healthy levels of weight loss
D. they lose the ability to determine when food is spoiled and suffer more often from food poisoning
Answer: A
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