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A nurse is taking care of an 88-year-old client who is obsessed with proper functioning of the bowels. The client complains of constipation. What is an effect of aging on the digestive system that a nurse needs to know in treating such a client?
 
  A) Food tends to stay a much shorter time in the stomach
  B) Increased absorption due to reduction in the size of villi
  C) Inadequate fluid intake
  D) Peristalsis speeds up
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The effects of aging on the digestive system, which result in constipation, include foods that tends to stay much longer in the stomach, peristalsis slows down; a reduction in absorption is caused by reduction in the size of villi and often there is inadequate fluid intake.
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