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| Association between diet knowledge and quality of diets in southern rural elderly | | Author(s) | Chung Ja Lee, Sandria L Godwin, Jean Tsui |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 17, no 1, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 5-17 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Diet ; Attitude ; Educational status [elderly] ; Economic status [elderly] ; Rural areas ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There is little information available on the nutritional well-being of older people in relation to how their knowledge and beliefs impact their actual eating habits. In this study, 1,539 older people residing in rural counties of nine southeastern states in the United States (US) were interviewed about issues relating to their diet and nutrition. Information collected included socioeconomic information, food intake, and questions on diet knowledge, attitudes, and practice. Diet Knowledge Index (DKI) was assessed from the average scores of individual knowledge of dietary fibre, cholesterol/fat and food group servings. Findings showed that number of servings of grains/ cereals/ breads/ pasta, milk/ cheese, fruits, and vegetables was significantly higher for those with higher DKI. The high DKI group had higher education and income, was younger and had higher proportions of white people and women than the group with lower DKI. The study concluded that nutrition education programmes should target rural older people with low incomes and low levels of education, and who live alone. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980302407 A |
| Classmark | CF: CFD: DP: F:V: F:W: RL: 3F: 7T |
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