Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 10-25-2012
Journal / Book Title
Global Journal of Health Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the food behaviors of nutritionally high-risk seniors as a function of their racial background, gender, marital status, and education level. A total of 69 seniors were identified to be at high nutritional risk using the Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) checklist. A supplemental questionnaire (SQ) was created to examine the risk factors in relation to the participant’s demographic background. Key results indicated that Asians practiced healthy food behaviors and women were more likely to eat alone (p≤0.05). Married participants (90.9%) were most likely to consume 2 meals or more each day. College educated individuals practiced healthier eating, eating 5 servings or more of fruits and vegetables (p≤0.01) and 2 or more servings of milk and milk products (p≤0.01). These preliminary findings indicate that more studies should be conducted to focus on the demographic characteristics and food behaviors among older populations.
DOI
10.5539/gjhs.v4n6p204
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Bai, Yeon; Wunderlich, Shahla M.; Brusca, Joseph; Marti, Johnson-Austin; and O'Malley, Michelle, "Eating Behaviors of Older Adults Participating in Government-Sponsored Programs with Different Demographic Backgrounds" (2012). Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works. 8.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nutr-foodstudies-facpubs/8
Published Citation
Wunderlich, Shahla, Joseph Brusca, Marti Johnson-Austin, Yeon Bai, and Michelle O’Malley. "Eating behaviors of older adults participating in government-sponsored programs with different demographic backgrounds." Global journal of health science 4, no. 6 (2012): 204.
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