Dietary intake in a group of independentliving old people in Oslo

Food Habits and Anthropometric Measurements in a Group of Independent and Institutionalized Elderly People in Spain.

“…But it is similar to those described in populations in northern Europe (34,36). Table 3 shows that even though most of those interviewed stated that they eat fruit, a large percentage of them do not consume fruit more than twice a day.…”

“…It can therefore be deduced that those who consume them must do so in sufficiently greater quantities. Consumption in general is acceptable, and it is comparable with that of other European studies (36,37), though it does not reach that described in other Spanish studies (31), with a consumption of this group of foodstuffs that is traditionally higher.…”

Nutrition and Function: Is There a Relationship Between Body Mass Index and the Functional Capabilities of Community‐Dwelling Elderly?

“…Previous use of the NHEFS data ranked body mass index according to percentile and defined the range of normal between the 15th and 85th percentiles 17 . Under this definition, a body mass index between 21 and 30 is considered “normal” for persons 65 years and older, and this is consistent with other studies looking at body mass index in the elderly 30,33,38,39 . We employed the same classification in this study and added a second classification, the 5th and 95th percentiles.…”

Dietary Intake of Elderly Living in Toronto Long-Term Care Facilities: Comparison to the Dietary Reference Intake

“…1 In a survey of older adults, 90.3% used one or more prescribed drugs and this can reach 7.9 drugs per person when combining prescription with over the counter drugs. 41 The suboptimal intake of food increases the risk of micronutrient deficiencies such as vitamin E, pantothenic acid, calcium, zinc, magnesium, copper folate, vitamin B 6, and vitamin D. 10,17,18,35 In the present study, the intakes for all of the micronutrients measured were suboptimal with a higher percentage of subjects not meeting the EAR for vitamin A, E, B 6 , folate, calcium, magnesium and zinc. In fact 42.6% of males and 52.8% of females had intakes of vitamin E below the 50% of EAR and 43.5% of males and 49.2% of females had their calcium intake below the 50% of EAR.…”

“…The suboptimal intake of food increases the risk of micronutrient deficiencies. 10,17,18 This may then result in further functional incapacity, alteration in immune response, 19 increase in susceptibility to infection and other chronic diseases, decrease in the quality of life, increase in hospitalization, morbidity, and mortality. 1,2,8 This assessment was done only in one LTCF.…”