Abstract

Japan is a super-aged society. Malnutrition, sarcopenia, and flail in the elderly are problems. It has also reported that abnormal olfaction and taste (function decline) occur as an early symptom of Alzheimer#x2019;s dementia. Taste and smell have a close relationship with appetite. It is need to study the provision of meals that enhance and the combination of foods from the middle age to the elderly. Because Alzheimer#x2019;s dementia gradually progresses from the middle-ages, and symptoms spear after becoming an older adult. For 16 years, we have conducted research on taste and olfaction in Yakumo town in Hokkaido, Japan, Where the population does not move much. In this report, we report on the results of the taste test using TASTDISC (Bitterness) in 2019 at Yakumo Town Resident Examination, which has been ongoing since 2007.