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Enhancement of select foods to improve energy and protein intakes in adult day care clients
Author(s) -
Castellanos Victoria Hammer,
Barrett Sheila C.,
George Cynthia G.,
VenturaMarra Melissa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.21.5.a307-a
Subject(s) - meal , food science , food service , medicine , food intake , environmental health , chemistry , business , endocrinology , marketing
As community‐based care for older adults expands, it will become essential for service providers to meet the nutritional needs of their clients. This study evaluated whether energy and/or protein enhancement of selected food items served at breakfast and lunch would result in increased energy and protein intakes of 32 adult day care clients (21 m, 11 f). A within‐subjects repeated measures design was utilized with 3 menu conditions: regular breakfast & regular lunch; regular breakfast & enhanced lunch; and enhanced breakfast & enhanced lunch. Each of the 3 conditions was tested on 2 non‐consecutive menu days. Two breakfast foods (juice and hot cereal) and two lunch foods (soup and potato side dish) were enhanced. Food intake was weighed at meals. No significant differences were found in the amounts consumed of regular vs. enhanced foods. When only lunch was enhanced, there was a mean increase in intake of 51 (NS) and 250 kcal (p<0.05). When both breakfast and lunch were enhanced, there was a 2‐meal kcal increase of 263 and 493 kcal (p<0.05) and a non‐significant 7–9% increase in protein intake. In conclusion, there was an incremental increase in energy intake for each meal that was enhanced. Enhancing select foods in adult day care menus may be a simple, effective strategy to significantly increase energy intakes of clients.