Food Intake of Kansans Over 80 Years of Age Attending Congregate Meal Sites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Data Collection and Analysis Procedures
2.3. Statistical Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Study Participants
Characteristic | % (n) | |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 26.5 (30) | |
Female | 73.5 (83) | |
Race/Ethnicity | ||
White, non-Hispanic | 96.5 (109) | |
Black/Hispanic/Native American | 3.5 (4) | |
Marital Status | ||
Married | 21.2 (24) | |
Widowed/Divorced/Single | 78.8 (89) | |
Yearly Income | ||
<$6,000 | 47.8 (54) | |
$6,000–$24,000 | 19.5 (22) | |
Did not disclose | 32.7 (37) | |
Education (N = 111) | ||
<High school | 15.0 (17) | |
High school | 36.3 (41) | |
Some college/vocational school | 39.8 (45) | |
College graduate | 7.1 (8) | |
Current Health Status | ||
Excellent/very good | 30.1 (34) | |
Good | 43.4 (49) | |
Fair/poor | 26.5 (30) | |
Alcohol Use (N = 108) | ||
Never consume | 86.7 (98) | |
Consumes weekly | 8.8 (10) | |
Tobacco Use (N = 110) | ||
Never used | 62.8 (71) | |
Current/former user | 34.5 (39) | |
Dietary Supplement Use | ||
Yes | 85.8 (97) | |
Activity (N = 111) | ||
Not active | 23.9 (27) | |
1–2 days/week | 23.9 (27) | |
3–4 days/week | 27.4 (31) | |
>5 days/week | 23.0 (26) | |
Community Size | ||
≤50,000 | 64.6 (73) | |
≥50,001 | 35.4 (40) |
3.2. Food Group Intake
% Within Males | % Within Females | % of Total Sample | |
---|---|---|---|
Grain | 16.7 | 18.1 | 17.7 |
Vegetable | 10.0 | 24.1 | 20.4 |
Fruit | 16.7 | 39.8 * | 33.6 |
Dairy | 10.0 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
Meat & Beans | 16.7 | 24.8 | 29.2 |
Estimated caloric needs | ||||||
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1400 (rec. intake) a | 1600 (rec. intake) | 1800 (rec. intake) | 2000 (rec. intake) | 2200 (rec. intake) | 2600 (rec. intake) | |
Mean intake ± S.D. | ||||||
Grain (oz) | 4.06 ± 1.35 (5) | 3.61 ± 1.57 (5) | 3.51 ± 1.54 (6) | 4.88 ± 1.55 (6) | 4.04 ± 1.63 (7) | 4.60 ± 1.30 (9) |
Vegetable (cups) | 1.72 ± 0.70 (1.5) | 1.35 ± 0.67 (2) | 1.12 ± 0.70 (2.5) | 1.21 ± 0.68 (2.5) | 1.55 ± 1.15 (3) | 2.00 ± 0.86 (3.5) |
Fruit (cups) | 1.73 ± 1.04 (1.5) | 1.26 ± 0.79 (1.5) | 1.03 ± 0.79 (1.5) | 1.04 ± 0.58 (2) | 1.64 ± 1.14 (2) | 0.85 ± 0.41 (2) |
Dairy (cups) | 0.88 ± 0.43 (3) | 1.03 ± 0.64 (3) | 0.67 ± 0.55 (3) | 1.33 ± 0.68 (3) | 2.06 ± 0.99 (3) | 1.75 ± 1.05 (3) |
Meat/Beans (oz) | 3.94 ± 1.60 (4) | 3.88 ± 1.76 (5) | 3.93 ± 2.19 (5) | 4.31 ± 1.87 (5.5) | 4.84 ± 1.33 (6) | 3.50 ± 0.80 (6) |
3.3. Factors Predicting Food Group Intake
Food Group | Factors | B | β | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Grain | ||||
Activity | 0.334 | 0.235 | 0.018 | |
Tobacco use | −0.866 | −0.168 | 0.090 | |
Vegetable | ||||
Age | −0.038 | −0.192 | 0.057 | |
Diet related chronic disease | −0.353 | 0.164 | 0.033 | |
Fruit | ||||
Education level | 0.164 | 0.177 | 0.079 | |
Diet related chronic disease | −0.326 | −0.173 | 0.085 | |
Dairy | ||||
Gender | 0.410 | 0.262 | 0.006 | |
Rural/urban | −0.257 | −0.180 | 0.059 | |
Meat/Beans | ||||
No statistically significant model |
3.4. Food Choices of Older Adults
3.5. Strengths and Weaknesses
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Weeden, A.M.; Remig, V.M. Food Intake of Kansans Over 80 Years of Age Attending Congregate Meal Sites. Nutrients 2010, 2, 1297-1307. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2121297
Weeden AM, Remig VM. Food Intake of Kansans Over 80 Years of Age Attending Congregate Meal Sites. Nutrients. 2010; 2(12):1297-1307. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2121297
Chicago/Turabian StyleWeeden, Allisha M., and Valentina M. Remig. 2010. "Food Intake of Kansans Over 80 Years of Age Attending Congregate Meal Sites" Nutrients 2, no. 12: 1297-1307. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2121297
APA StyleWeeden, A. M., & Remig, V. M. (2010). Food Intake of Kansans Over 80 Years of Age Attending Congregate Meal Sites. Nutrients, 2(12), 1297-1307. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2121297