Health Promotion Programs That Target the Elderly

question 40

Multiple Choice

Health promotion programs that target the elderly:

• A)are a waste of money because health habits are established early in life.
• B)will become less important as the size of the elderly cohort will decline over the next 10 years.
• C)will become important as the size of the elderly cohort continues to increase over the next 10 years.
• D)will become less important because the elderly cohort is exceptionally healthy and active.

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