DocumentCode
3438767
Title
The elder diet investigation and analysis of elderly apartments in Shandong province
Author
Cui-Hua Qi ; Mao-Shan Wang ; Yu-Qian Wang ; Jian-Wu Wang
Author_Institution
Dept. of Food Sci. & Nutrition, Univ. of Jinan, Jinan, China
fYear
2011
fDate
19-22 Aug. 2011
Firstpage
904
Lastpage
907
Abstract
The purpose of this paper was to know the elderly diet and nutritional status of elderly apartments in Shandong province, then give some suggestions for improvement. The method of investigation was a continuous 3-day bookkeeping meanwhile conbing the retrospection, which lasts 2 months in 45 apartments of six regions (effective 38), Shandong province. The results is as follows: the composition of diet and nutritional status are all unreasonable in elderly apartments of Shandong province, which is urgent for nutrition improvement. So it is necessary to suggest governments at all levels and relevant departments to take some measures for improvement of diet and nutrition of elderly apartments, and promote their health.
Keywords
geriatrics; health care; China; Shandong province; elder diet investigation; elderly apartments; nutrition improvement; nutritional status; Animals; Calcium; Fats; Heating; Iron; Proteins; Senior citizens; diet investigation; nutrition assessment; the elder in elderly apartments;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Human Health and Biomedical Engineering (HHBE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Jilin
Print_ISBN
978-1-61284-723-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HHBE.2011.6028969
Filename
6028969
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