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Factors influencing food choice for independently living older people
— a systematic literature review | | Author(s) | Alison Host, Anne-Therese McMahon, Karen Walton |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol 35, no 2, April-June 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-June 2016 |
| Pages | pp 67-94 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Independent housing ; Food ; Consumer choice ; Literature reviews ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Unprecedented growth in the over-65 age group has precipitated serious concerns about how aged care services will cope in the very near future. Preservation of health and independence for as long as possible into later life will be necessary to attenuate demand for such services. Maintenance of nutritional status is acknowledged as fundamental for achievement of this aim. Determinants of food choice within this age group need to be identified and better understood to facilitate the development of pertinent strategies for encouraging nutritional intakes supportive of optimal health. In this study a systematic literature review was performed in order to identify articles investigating influences on food choice among older people. Articles were limited to those published between 1996 and 2014 and to studies conducted within countries where the dominant cultural, political and economic situations were comparable to those in Australia. 24 articles were identified and subjected to qualitative analysis. Several themes were revealed and grouped into three broad domains: (i) changes associated with ageing; (ii) psychosocial aspects; and (iii) personal resources. Food choice among older people was found to be determined by a complex interaction between multiple factors. These findings suggest the need for further investigations involving larger, more demographically diverse samples of participants, with the inclusion of a direct observational component in the study design. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160624212 A |
| Classmark | CC: KL: YP: WYC: 64A: 7YA |
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