NUTRITION Special Feature 1 – Nutritional Science for a New Age Convenience store meals and convalescent foods for a healthy life expectancy We all know that a well-balanced diet is important, but our nutritional balance inevitably tends to become skewed. At times such as these, the nutrition facts labels on convenience store meals are actually a great help. Checking these labels makes it easier to control our intake of sugar and salt, among others. At the same time, elderly people with lifestyle-related diseases or longstanding conditions have to be even more careful about nutrition. One way of dealing with such situations is to leave nutritional management in the hands of meal delivery services offering convalescent foods and nursing care foods.