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Nutrition of old people in sheltered housing
Author(s) -
Caughey P.,
Seaman C.,
Parry D.,
Farquhart D.,
MacLennan W. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of human nutrition and dietetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1365-277X
pISSN - 0952-3871
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-277x.1994.tb00268.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , nutrient , gerontology , dietary reference intake , environmental health , vitamin , pyridoxine , checklist , body weight , reference daily intake , demography , zoology , endocrinology , psychology , chemistry , organic chemistry , sociology , cognitive psychology , biology
Two hundred and thirty‐five sheltered housing tenants (59 men and 176 women) were investigated by using the 24‐h dietary recall and checklist devised by the Nutrition Advisory Group on the Elderly (NAGE) to estimate their energy and nutrient intakes, and by measuring their body weight and demi‐span to calculate ratios of weight to demi‐span. Sixty seven per cent had energy intakes below the mean previously recorded in a national survey of old people living at home, but most had an adequate intake of protein, while, in 44%, the proportion of energy consumed as fat exceeded 35%. For most nutrients, few tenants had intakes below the lower recommended nutrient intake (LRNI). Exceptions were that there were 64% with pyridoxine intakes and 63% with vitamin D intakes below this level. Only 18% of men but 74% of women had weight to demi‐span ratios below the means recorded in elderly people living at home in another recent survey. There was no correlation between these anthropometric ratios and energy intakes.