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Nutrition and older indigenous Australians
— service delivery implications in remote communities. A narrative review | | Author(s) | Kellie Schouten, Melissa A Lindeman, John Reid |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 32, no 4, December 2013 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, December 2013 |
| Pages | pp 204-210 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Nutritional and metabolic diseases ; Malnutrition ; Ethnic groups [elderly] ; Rural areas ; Australia ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The objective of the present study was to describe the nutritional status of older Indigenous Australians, barriers to achieving optimal nutrition and the effectiveness of programmes aimed at improving nutrition in older Indigenous people in remote communities. A comprehensive literature review was undertaken including grey literature. Findings indicated that there is a scarcity of representative data on nutritional status and risk in older Indigenous people, and nutrition support programmes have not been evaluated. The study concludes that older Indigenous Australians suffer from poorer overall health and higher levels of overweight and obesity, and are at increased risk of poor nutritional status and malnutrition than the general population. This risk may be higher in remote areas. More representative data are needed to determine the nutritional status of older Indigenous people, including levels of malnutrition. Support programmes also need to be evaluated. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150605247 A |
| Classmark | CF: CS: CSM: F:TK: RL: 7YA: 64A |
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