Open AccessAlone at the Table: Food Behavior and the Loss of Commensality in Widowhood: Table 1.
Author(s) -
Elisabeth Vesnaver,
Heather Keller,
Olga Sutherland,
Scott B. Maitland,
Julie L. Locher
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbv103
Subject(s) - pleasure , grounded theory , meal , psychology , gerontology , vulnerability (computing) , food choice , qualitative research , portion size , social psychology , sociology , medicine , food science , social science , computer science , chemistry , computer security , pathology , neuroscience
Eating alone is a known risk factor for nutritional vulnerability in later life. Widowhood often entails loss of commensality (shared meals). This article explores this experience among older widowed women in relation to food behavior.