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Functional impairments that limit the completion of activities of daily living are also related to undernutrition. For example, immobility (e.g. stroke), tremor (e.g. Parkinson’s disease), and impaired vision may affect an older person's capacity to shop for, prepare, and consume food. Additionally, many older adults no longer have their own teeth. Poor dentition and ill‐fitting dentures may limit food type and quantity. For example, in one study, half of 260 nursing home patients, age 60–101, in Boston complained of problems with chewing, biting, and swallowing. The patients with dentures were more likely to have poor protein intake than those with their own teeth.²⁸