Free Press: From unpalatable to appalling

Christina Lengyel is a professor in nutritional sciences at the University of Manitoba whose research focuses on nutrition for seniors in long-term care. It’s a passion she’s had since volunteering in personal care homes as a teenager.

When she began her career, she wondered why some people in care settings were not eating. She recalls a particularly memorable scene: a lone gentleman seated at a dining-room table with others — he required eating assistance and could not socialize. Instead, he would pick up sugar packages, take them to his room and consume them there.

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