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Description of a mixed ethnic, elderly population
— 2. Food group behavior and related nonfood characteristics | | Author(s) | Johnnie W Prothro, Christine A Rosenbloom |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 54A, no 6, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp M325-328 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Diet ; Food ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Participants in a US Title III-C Nutrition Program and aged 60 to 103 provided information about their eating habits. Whites ate more fruits, dairy products and weekend snacks than blacks. Whites also consumed more caffeine, had larger incomes, and more often had enough money to buy food. Blacks ate more pasta and desserts, and in sickness more often had help available. Men ate more meats, dairy products, eggs and starchy foods than women. There were no gender differences in income, but men ate more weekend meals in restaurants, spent more money weekly for food, were more often able to shop for food and leave home without assistance, and reported greater pleasure associated with eating. Home delivery clients ate more desserts and Sunday snacks, and ate breakfast more frequently at weekends, whereas congregate clients had more money to buy food, were better able to shop for and prepare food, and had more help available in sickness. Those who usually ate all or most of the midday meal experienced more pleasure in eating, reported less anorexia and had larger intakes of vegetable and pasta groups. Those living with others ate more meats, pasta and desserts, spent more weekly on food, and ate more weekend meals in restaurants. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826205 A |
| Classmark | TK: CFD: YP: F: 3F: 7T |
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