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| Dietary patterns of rural older adults are associated with weight and nutritional status | | Author(s) | Jenny H Ledikwe, Helen Smiciklas-Wright, Diane C Mitchell |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 4, April 2004 |
| Pages | pp 589-595 |
| Source | http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Diet ; Weight ; Obesity ; Nutrition ; Rural areas ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A subset of 179 community-dwelling older people aged 66 to 87 was selected from the Geisinger Rural Aging Study (GRAS), a nutritional risk-screening study involving more than 20,000 rural Pennsylvanians aged 65+. Test material was collected on home visits. A low-nutrient-dense cluster of 107 was identified, who had higher intakes of breads, cakes, processed meats, eggs, and fats or oils. A high-nutrient-dense cluster of 72 had higher intakes of cereals, dark green or yellow vegetables, other vegetables, citrus and other fruits, milks, poultry, fish and beans. The latter group had higher Healthy Eating Index scores, lower energy intake, and a lower waist circumference. Those with a low-nutrient-dense dietary pattern were twice as likely to be obese. The study provides support for recommending a high-nutrient-dense dietary pattern for older people. Behavioural interventions encouraging diets characterised by high-nutrient-dense foods may improve weight and nutritional status of older adults. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040603214 A |
| Classmark | CFD: 4X6: CSA: CF: RL: 3KB: 7T |
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