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Does diet influence physical performance in community-dwelling older people?
— findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study | | Author(s) | Helen Martin |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 40, no 2, March 2011 |
| Pages | pp 181-186 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Diet ; Physical capacity ; Living in the community ; Hertfordshire. |
| Annotation | The study, from Hertfordshire, looked at the impact of variations in the UK diet on physical performance in community-dwelling older adults. 628 men and women aged 63-73 years took part in the study. Diet was assessed using an administered food frequency questionnaire; physical performance was assessed by the time taken to complete a three-mile walk, chair-rise test and one-legged balance test. Study findings indicated that variations in diet may be linked to differences in physical performance for women but not for men. Concludes that further work is needed to determine the role of variations in diet on physical performance and its decline with age among older adults. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110323004 A |
| Classmark | CFD: BI: K4: 8HT |
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