Mom's Meals Insights: Father's Day is a Good Time to Ensure Dad is Eating Well

Des Moines, IA (PRWEB) June 11, 2013

With Fathers Day around the corner, there's no better time to ensure aging parents, especially dads living alone, are eating well.

Although the times they are achanging, in most American households, women still prepare the meals. But if that homemaker has died, or is no longer living in the home, her partner may be fending for himself, and may not be doing a great job of ensuring nutritious meals.

If elderly men are eating at all, chances are good theyre not eating well.

There are a great number of seniors who are food insecure, meaning they do not have enough food. With the Baby Boomer Generation reaching their senior years, the number of those malnourished or food insecure is only expected to rise, and any increase would surely be tragic.

According to FeedingAmerica.org, in 2011, 8.4 percent of households with seniors (2.5 million households) did not have enough food. In 2009, nearly nine million people over age 50 lived in food insecure households. In 2009, nearly four million people over age 60 lived in food insecure households.

According to Rick Anderson of Moms Meals, There are countless reasons your dad may not be eating well from not even knowing how to prepare food or not being mobile enough to shop. Other reasons range from food costs to depression. But no matter the cause, the results can be devastating, said Anderson.

A healthy diet offers benefits ranging from increased mental acuteness and resistance to illness and disease to higher levels of energy, a stronger immune system, and faster recuperation time.

Moms Meals, a company that prepares and delivers fresh-made meals directly to seniors around the country, offers tips for preventing dad from eating a diet less than optimal for good health.

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