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| Ability of social support to predict at-risk dietary intake and anthropometric measures in white, rural, community-dwelling elderly women | | Author(s) | Ardith R Brunt, Elisabeth Schafer, Mary Jane Oakland |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 19, no 1, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 49-70 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Living in the community ; White people ; Rural areas ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social contacts ; Diet ; At risk ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using a stratified random sample of 249 rural, community-dwelling, older women, this US study evaluated whether higher levels of associative and functional solidarity with family and others in the community would lead to lower at-risk dietary intake and anthropometric measures. Factor analysis identified five factors associated with nutritional measures: contact with family members, non-family others, attendance at a day centre, and emotional and instrumental support. Overall, attendance at a day centre predicted adequate protein intake. For younger older people, as well as attending a day centre, having contact with non-family others, having a higher income, and living with someone decreased the likelihood of an at-risk protein intake. For the oldest women, social factors did not predict at-risk dietary intake or anthropometric measures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000229208 A |
| Classmark | BD: K4: TKA: RL: F: TOA: CFD: CA3: 7T |
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