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Hunger and food insecurity in the elderly
— its nature and measurement | | Author(s) | Wendy S Wolfe, Christine M Olson, Anne Kendall |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 10, no 3, August 1998 |
| Pages | pp 327-350 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Food ; White people ; Black people ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | To better understand the nature of food insecurity in older people and to improve its measurement, in-depth interviews were conducted with 41 urban black and white older people in 35 households, followed by telephone administration of commonly used measures of food insecurity in 24 of the participants. Food insecurity in older people appears to follow a progression of severity, beginning with compromised diet quality, followed by food anxiety, socially unacceptable meals, use of emergency food strategies, and finally, actual hunger. The five quantitative measures tested were compared to each older person's food insecurity status based on the in-depth interview. All measures had reasonable specificity, and good sensitivity for those experiencing severe food insecurity. However, the Cornell-Radimer, Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) and Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) measures appeared more sensitive than the USDA food sufficiency or Urban Institute measures in correctly identifying those in the lesser stages of food insecurity. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980910404 A |
| Classmark | CF: CSM: YP: TKA: TKE: 7T |
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