Designing for the Life Span Segment 3
Designing for the Life Span Segment 3 
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Packaged Products and Surface Graphics and Text.
Convenience foods are very highly used by older adults - as eating habits change and there is far less large meal preparation.
Many prepared foods/meals are contained in packaging that is covered with instructional, dietary and recipe information in text that is too small on glossy coated card stock. The package shown at the left is somewhat easier to use and to understand because the graphics and text remain uniform - unlike soft packaging that flexes and obscures information.
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Frozen food packaging is perhaps one of the worst offenders for older adults - who utilize convenience foods that meet their dining and lifestyle requirements. The packaging is usually slick and difficult to open when extracted from the freezer and the instructions for preparation frequently obscured by the glossiness of the package and the over-abundance of text.
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