Increasing Strength for Older Adults

Maintaining muscle mass is an essential part of supporting strength and power, reducing risk of falls and bone fractures, and supporting a healthy weight, but muscle loss is common as we age. Join WMEC’s registered dietitian for this presentation which will address causes of muscle loss and the specifics of how to make and maintain muscles through eating and exercise. Materials will be provided by the Mass. Executive Office of Elder Affairs. 

 Class Led By

Katie Defoe-Raymond, MS, RD, LDN

WestMass ElderCare Nutritionist

Katie is a registered and licensed dietitian with a M.S. in Human     Nutrition. She has experience working as a dietitian in the hospital  including on the geriatric psych unit, teaching nutrition-related workshops as previous Nutrition Coordinator of The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, and providing one-on-one nutrition education as a private practice dietitian and as past nutrition consultant for WestMass ElderCare.