Korean J Community Nutr.
1999 Mar;4(1):37-45.
Nutrient Intakes and Health-related Behaviors of the Elderly in Rural Area
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- 1Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Korea.
- 2Department of Home Economics, Chungnam National University, Cheongju, Korea.
- 3Department of Food and Nutrition, Chungnam National University, Cheongju, Korea.
Abstract
- A study about health status of the elderly in rural area was performed with 110 home-bound elderly. The results obtained by questionaires and personal interviews recall were as follows. 1) Subjects were 68.6 years of age on average. They revealed the physical tendency of not overweight but high blood pressure. 2) We found that seniors who live alone in rural area were more than in urban area. 3) Average daily intakes of energy and protein of rural elderly were lower than the Korean RDA and the intakes of Ca, riboflavin and niacin in female were also lower. 4) Nutrient intakes were related to family income, food expense, smoking amount, drinking frequency and duration of exercrse, which suggested the needs of nutrition education for the seniors and meal services especially for the low-income elderly.
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