Nutrition Interventions for Aging Populations

Sheats, Jylana L.; Winter, Sandra J.; King, Abby C.

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“…It has been well established that the consumption of nutrient-dense foods (e.g., vegetables and fruit, lean meats, whole grains, low-fat dairy) and beverages, as well as lower intakes of saturated and trans fats, added sugars, sodium, and alcohol are key elements that impact health and well-being throughout the lifespan [1,2]. Food choice is particularly important for the prevention of disease and disability among older adults given that with increased age comes the increased likelihood of chronic health conditions (e.g., heart disease and diabetes) [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Older adults are faced with a number of challenges that have the potential to impact their food-related behaviors [11].…”

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FEAST: Empowering Community Residents to Use Technology to Assess and Advocate for Healthy Food Environments

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Creating environments that support healthy eating is important for successful aging, particularly in light of the growing population of older adults in the United States. There is an urgent need to identify innovative upstream solutions to barriers experienced by older adults in accessing and buying healthy food. FEAST (Food Environment Assessment STudy) is an effort that is part of the global Our Voice initiative, which utilizes a combination of technology and community-engaged methods to empower citizen scientists (i.e., community residents) to: (1) use the Healthy Neighborhood Discovery Tool (Discovery Tool) mobile application to collect data (geocoded photos, audio narratives) about aspects of their environment that facilitate or hinder healthy living; and (2) use findings to advocate for change in partnership with local decision and policy makers. In FEAST, 23 racially/ethnically diverse, low-income, and food-insecure older adults residing in urban, North San Mateo County, CA, were recruited to use the Discovery Tool to examine factors that facilitated or hindered their access to food as well as their food-related behaviors. Participants collectively reviewed data retrieved from the Discovery Tool and identified and prioritized important, yet feasible, issues to address. Access to affordable healthy food and transportation were identified as the major barriers to eating healthfully and navigating their neighborhood food environments. Subsequently, participants were trained in advocacy skills and shared their findings with relevant decision and policymakers, who in turn dispelled myths and discussed and shared resources to address relevant community needs. Proximal and distal effects of the community-engaged process at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months were documented and revealed individual-, community-, and policy-level impacts. Finally, FEAST contributes to the evidence on multi-level challenges that low-income, racially/ethnically diverse older adults experience when accessing, choosing and buying healthy foods.

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“…In light of the rapid expansion of aging populations, there is an urgent need to better understand how older adults navigate their food environment and factors that influence their ability to access, choose, and buy healthy foods. [2].…”

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“…Several studies indicated that "tailoring" is crucial for successful behaviour change interventions for older adults (Noar et al, 2007;Sheats et al, 2015;Zubala et al, 2017). An effective tailoring strategy is alignment with personal motivations and preferences (Nicklett and Kadell, 2013).…”

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Exploring health-related motive orientations among Dutch seniors

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Purpose -Generally, food intake of older consumers is not in line with dietary guidelines. Insight into personal health-related motive orientations (HRMO) in this target group is useful for developing tailored interventions that support healthy food consumption, a better understanding is needed. The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to identify older consumer groups based on HRMO; and second, to compare their consumption of different food groups and functionalities associated with a main meal. Design/methodology/approach -An online survey was filled out by 459 Dutch adults aged 55-90 years (mean age ¼ 68.2 years), of the Sento network including 800 vital community-dwelling older consumers. Findings -Analysis revealed five clusters of older adults with different HRMO profiles: appearance and achievement oriented, active oriented, altruistic oriented, achievement oriented and less health oriented. In addition, these segments differ in importance of functionalities associated with a main meal, i.e., physical, pleasure or rewarding, and in the consumption of specific food groups, i.e., unprocessed meat, meat replacers and unsalted nuts. Research limitations/implications -Recommendations for interventions and communication strategiesto support healthy food consumption in the different HRMO segments are presented. Originality/value -This exploration showed that different segments of Dutch older adults can be identified based on HRMO. Between these segments there are differences in consumption of protein-rich food groups and functionalities associated with a main meal.

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Oasis Senior Supportive Living: Description of a Novel Aging-in-Place Model in Ontario

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Parniak

DePaul

et al. 2023

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

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Older adults are the fastest-growing demographic group in Canada, and the majority of older adults want to age-in-place within their communities. Many older adults live in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs), unplanned communities with a high proportion of older residents. NORC supportive services programs can help older adults successfully age-in-place. One such program is Oasis Senior Supportive Living, a partnership between older adults, building owners and managers, community partners, funders, and researchers. Using a qualitative approach, interviews were conducted with Oasis participants to understand their experiences of Oasis. This article will describe the three pillars upon which Oasis programming is based and provide insights from Oasis participants. It will discuss nutrition programming implemented in these NORCs and suggest how dietitians can support NORC residents.

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Nutrition Interventions for Aging Populations

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References 92 publications

FEAST: Empowering Community Residents to Use Technology to Assess and Advocate for Healthy Food Environments

FEAST: Empowering Community Residents to Use Technology to Assess and Advocate for Healthy Food Environments

Exploring health-related motive orientations among Dutch seniors

Oasis Senior Supportive Living: Description of a Novel Aging-in-Place Model in Ontario

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