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| Factors associated with diet and weight in rural older women | | Author(s) | Rayane AbuSabha, Helen Smiciklas-Wright, Gordon Jensen |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 16, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1-16 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Diet ; Weight ; Energy expenditure ; Older women ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Many older adults are described as being at nutritional risk, with dietary intakes for some vitamins and minerals falling below recommended levels, and for some food components (e.g. fat, cholesterol and sodium) exceeding recommended intakes. This study identifies factors that may contribute to variability in dietary and weight status in a group of 180 rural older women in Pennsylvania (PA, US). Subjects completed a questionnaire regarding personal, behavioural and social/economic variables followed by three random 24-hour recalls. Dietary factors, such as diet variety, were derived from the recalls. The dietary outcome measures were: energy; mean adequacy ratio (MAR); percent kilocalories from fat; sodium; and weight, expressed as body mass index (BMI). Results indicate that diet variety and number of meals together explained 36% of the variation in MAR. BMI was related to a number of factors including following a weight-loss diet, and being diagnosed with hypertension. Diet variety and the number of eating occasions are two important concepts in nutrition screening of older adults and may be useful for identifying populations at nutritional risk. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981002001 A |
| Classmark | CFD: 4X6: BIA: BD: RL: 7T |
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