Dietary Protein in Older Adults: Adequate Daily Intake but Potential for Improved Distribution
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Population
2.2. Nutritional Data Collection
2.3. Physical Activity Data Collection
2.4. Nutritional Data Analysis
2.5. Physical Activity and Sedentary Data Analysis
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Protein Intake
3.2. Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour
4. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Participant Characteristics | |
N | 38 |
Male (n (%)) | 11 (30) |
Age (years) | 78 (5) |
Body weight (kg) | 68 (12) |
Dietary Intake | |
Energy intake (kcal·day−1) | 1815 (363) |
Protein intake (g·kg−1·day−1) | 1.14 (0.25) |
Protein (energy %) | 17.0 (3.4) |
Physical Activity and Sedentary | |
Step count (steps·day−1) | 7136 (3276) |
Sedentary time (h·day−1) | 18 (1.9) |
Standing time (h·day−1) | 4.5 (1.5) |
Active time (h·day−1) | 1.5 (0.6) |
Sedentary bout length (h) | 1.6 (0.7) |
Inter-sitting time (h) | 0.5 (0.1) |
Fragmentation index | 3.1 (1.0) |
Gini index | 0.75 (0.04) |
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Cardon-Thomas, D.K.; Riviere, T.; Tieges, Z.; Greig, C.A. Dietary Protein in Older Adults: Adequate Daily Intake but Potential for Improved Distribution. Nutrients 2017, 9, 184. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9030184
Cardon-Thomas DK, Riviere T, Tieges Z, Greig CA. Dietary Protein in Older Adults: Adequate Daily Intake but Potential for Improved Distribution. Nutrients. 2017; 9(3):184. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9030184
Chicago/Turabian StyleCardon-Thomas, Danielle K., Timothy Riviere, Zoë Tieges, and Carolyn A. Greig. 2017. "Dietary Protein in Older Adults: Adequate Daily Intake but Potential for Improved Distribution" Nutrients 9, no. 3: 184. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9030184