he World Health Organization Defines Health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." For seniors especially, having access to mental healthcare and emotional support is critical.

Dietary intake affects the health of older Americans, because poor diet quality is associated with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and some types of cancer. According to an AARP survey of Adult Americans, 9.2% of seniors in Florida are food insecure, meaning that they do not have steady access to nutritious foods. Barriers to food security include insufficient income and transportation, as well as the inability to prepare meals in old age. In 2015, the Seniors Advisory Council "Food Security and Hunger Reduction" as one of their top five priorities.

The percentage of Seniors Consuming Two or More Servings of Fruits and Vegetables
is collected as part of the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, a county-level telephone survey conducted by the centers for disease control and Prevention (CDC) and the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology. This indicator is representative of senior access to nutritious foods, as well as access to education about the benefit of nutritious foods.