Higher dietary variety is associated with better nutritional status in frail elderly people

Bernstein, Mark; Tucker, Katherine L.; Ryan, Nancy; O’Neill, Evelyn F.; Clements, Karen M.; NELSON, M; Evans, William J.; FIATARONESINGH, M

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(02)80078-5

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“…Food diversity scores may have particular value in later life as part of community and individual nutritional-health assessment (21,26), both in developing (27)(28)(29) and developed economies (1,30,31). In this representative Taiwanese elderly…”

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A simple food quality index predicts mortality in Elderly Taiwanese

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Huang

et al. 2011

The Journal of nutrition, health and aging

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A simple food quality index predicts mortality in Elderly Taiwanese

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Huang

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The Journal of nutrition, health and aging

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“…De Castro has shown that meals eaten with others tend to be larger by up to 44 percent than when eaten alone (22). Meal sharing increases food intake and dietary variety which is positively correlated with nutritional quality as well as health outcomes (23). Eating may be facilitated by the companionship an older person receives when someone else is present (24).…”

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What is associated with nutrition risk in very old age?

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Robinson

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Half the participants were at high nutrition risk. They tended to be widowed or live alone and had lower levels of haemoglobin and serum zinc. Those at lower nutrition risk had greater muscle mass and strength, lower body fat, consumed alcohol more frequently and engaged in more physical activity. Strategies which encourage older people to eat meals and be physically active with others may assist to improve their health.

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“…Eating is facilitated when an older person eats in the presence of another person (33). Providing an increased food intake will lead to an increase in dietary variety (34,35) which is positively correlated with nutritional quality as well as health outcomes (36). Thus, assisting to arrange for older people to have an eating companion at mealtimes may help to promote an improved food intake.…”

Section: Country Of Origin Predicts Nutrition Risk Among Community LImentioning

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